BRFSS 2007 - Johnston 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: Johnston 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
-Johnston County	168	18	8.8	4.9-15.3	51	26.8	18.1-37.7	45	29.4	16.7-46.4	54	35.0	23.8-48.2
GENDER
Male	57	6	7.6	2.8-19.0	16	24.5	12.0-43.6	14	33.1	12.8-62.4	21	34.8	17.7-57.1
Female	111	12	10.1	5.2-18.7	35	29.2	19.9-40.7	31	25.4	16.7-36.7	33	35.2	23.6-48.9
RACE
White	140	12	8.2	4.1-15.7	43	28.3	19.3-39.5	38	23.2	15.7-32.9	47	40.3	28.5-53.3
Other	26	6	10.9	3.4-29.9	8	23.5	7.8-52.7	7	47.0	14.9-81.8	5	18.6	5.1-49.2
AGE
18-44	65	5	6.3	2.3-16.6	23	27.3	15.1-44.2	23	35.1	16.6-59.5	14	31.3	16.1-52.0
45+	102	13	13.1	7.3-22.4	28	26.3	17.7-37.2	22	20.4	13.1-30.4	39	40.1	29.8-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	84	11	11.7	5.4-23.5	24	23.7	13.1-39.0	21	34.4	15.1-60.8	28	30.2	16.5-48.7
Some College +	83	7	5.4	2.4-11.7	27	31.0	18.7-46.7	24	23.5	14.3-36.2	25	40.2	24.9-57.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	13	13.1	6.2-25.7	22	17.0	9.0-29.7	22	37.5	17.1-63.5	25	32.5	17.5-52.1
$50,000+	70	5	5.2	2.1-12.4	25	42.5	28.0-58.6	19	21.2	12.3-34.2	21	31.0	18.5-47.1

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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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