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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 848 118 12.8 10.1-16.1 176 22.1 18.2-26.5 212 24.3 20.2-29.0 342 40.7 36.1-45.6
GENDER
Male 256 33 13.2 8.8-19.4 49 20.9 14.7-28.9 67 28.5 21.2-37.2 107 37.3 29.8-45.5
Female 592 85 12.5 9.6-16.0 127 23.1 18.7-28.1 145 20.8 16.8-25.5 235 43.6 38.1-49.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 1 9.9 1.3-48.0 4 30.3 9.3-64.7 1 18.2 2.6-65.2 3 41.6 12.2-78.5
-English Speaking 9 1 9.9 1.3-48.0 4 30.3 9.3-64.7 1 18.2 2.6-65.2 3 41.6 12.2-78.5
Non-Hispanic 835 116 12.8 10.1-16.1 171 21.8 18.0-26.2 210 24.4 20.3-29.2 338 40.9 36.2-45.8
AGE
18-24 34 4 7.7 2.2-23.8 11 29.3 14.5-50.4 8 27.4 13.2-48.4 11 35.5 18.4-57.5
25-34 119 18 9.0 4.8-16.2 26 19.8 12.4-30.1 26 26.9 16.1-41.4 49 44.3 32.6-56.7
35-44 160 22 13.3 7.9-21.5 46 32.7 23.7-43.2 35 19.8 13.0-29.0 57 34.2 25.6-44.1
45-54 202 34 18.4 12.3-26.7 31 13.5 8.1-21.7 59 27.3 20.0-36.0 78 40.8 32.3-50.0
55-64 164 20 12.3 7.2-20.3 33 21.7 14.4-31.3 44 23.8 16.2-33.7 67 42.1 32.7-52.3
65-74 115 11 11.4 5.1-23.7 18 12.1 7.1-19.9 31 24.1 15.6-35.3 55 52.4 40.8-63.8
75+ 51 8 13.2 5.8-27.1 11 20.6 10.5-36.5 8 15.6 6.8-32.0 24 50.6 34.2-66.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 147 15 6.0 3.3-10.5 26 23.2 13.1-37.7 33 23.8 13.8-37.8 73 47.0 34.2-60.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 294 48 15.1 10.6-21.1 60 18.8 13.5-25.7 75 31.0 23.6-39.5 111 35.1 28.0-42.9
Some Post-H.S. 251 31 12.0 7.4-19.0 59 25.2 18.2-33.7 60 19.7 13.2-28.4 101 43.1 34.4-52.2
College Graduate 156 24 15.7 9.6-24.6 31 22.5 14.7-32.9 44 19.2 13.3-27.0 57 42.5 32.8-52.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 121 13 7.5 3.8-14.2 27 22.2 13.7-34.0 30 28.5 17.6-42.7 51 41.8 29.1-55.7
$15,000- 24,999 206 33 13.1 8.0-20.9 42 19.1 12.9-27.2 44 23.5 15.3-34.2 87 44.4 34.7-54.5
$25,000- 34,999 137 25 16.5 10.0-26.1 31 25.6 16.0-38.4 33 23.9 14.0-37.8 48 33.9 23.2-46.6
$35,000- 49,999 105 20 23.2 13.8-36.3 21 14.1 8.3-22.9 29 26.9 15.5-42.4 35 35.8 24.4-49.1
$50,000-74,999 92 9 7.5 3.3-16.3 25 31.7 19.9-46.3 24 20.5 12.5-31.9 34 40.3 28.6-53.2
$75,000+ 75 9 11.0 4.7-23.8 15 20.3 11.3-33.9 23 19.8 12.0-30.9 28 48.8 33.9-64.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 319 40 11.8 7.4-18.1 52 18.6 13.3-25.5 87 25.4 19.1-32.9 140 44.3 36.5-52.3
No 525 77 13.2 10.0-17.2 123 23.7 18.8-29.4 125 24.0 18.8-30.0 200 39.2 33.4-45.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 118 21 20.4 12.1-32.4 17 15.1 7.7-27.5 26 24.6 15.6-36.5 54 39.9 29.6-51.3
Non-Veteran 730 97 11.5 8.9-14.8 159 23.3 19.1-28.2 186 24.3 19.8-29.5 288 40.9 35.7-46.2

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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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