BRFSS 2007 - Forsyth County: (States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.92 and the NC tax recently increased to $0.35.<br> How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes, above the current 35 cents, would you be willing to support if a considerable portion<br > of the money raised was used to fund smoking prevention programs for our youth<br> and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?)

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Tobacco Use Prevention

States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.92 and the NC tax recently increased to $0.35.
How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes, above the current 35 cents, would you be willing to support if a considerable portion
of the money raised was used to fund smoking prevention programs for our youth
and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?

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	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49			$0.50-$1.00			>$1.00			No tax
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	5,609	668	12.4	11.2-13.8	1,272	23.9	22.2-25.7	1,806	33.0	31.1-35.0	1,863	30.7	28.9-32.5
-Forsyth County	147	20	17.2	9.6-28.8	29	18.7	11.0-30.1	26	20.6	12.4-32.2	72	43.5	33.0-54.8
GENDER
Male	49	4	13.9	4.9-33.7	10	21.4	8.4-44.4	9	24.5	10.6-47.0	26	40.2	24.1-58.8
Female	98	16	20.0	10.1-35.7	19	16.5	10.0-25.8	17	17.2	10.2-27.5	46	46.4	34.0-59.2
RACE
White	104	16	21.5	11.3-37.1	21	16.5	10.2-25.6	18	18.0	9.7-31.0	49	44.1	31.7-57.2
Other	43	4	10.0	3.0-28.9	8	22.5	7.9-49.4	8	24.8	10.5-48.3	23	42.7	24.9-62.6
AGE
18-44	44	9	23.6	10.8-44.0	8	16.8	5.9-39.5	10	25.5	12.0-46.2	17	34.2	19.1-53.3
45+	102	11	10.2	5.4-18.5	21	21.1	13.7-31.1	16	15.3	9.3-24.2	54	53.3	42.7-63.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	8	17.2	5.8-41.0	11	11.4	5.7-21.5	7	22.6	9.4-45.1	31	48.8	31.2-66.7
Some College +	90	12	17.2	8.8-30.9	18	23.4	12.2-40.3	19	19.3	10.5-32.7	41	40.1	27.4-54.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	69	8	14.3	5.6-32.2	15	23.8	10.6-45.0	9	19.0	7.7-39.6	37	42.9	27.3-60.0
$50,000+	62	9	13.1	6.7-24.2	13	17.8	9.9-29.8	14	24.4	12.7-41.6	26	44.7	30.5-59.9

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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