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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 139 20 14.4 8.0-24.5 41 30.9 20.5-43.7 29 15.5 9.9-23.3 49 39.2 26.8-53.2
Buncombe 146 22 22.1 13.2-34.6 42 28.4 19.6-39.3 38 24.2 16.6-33.9 44 25.2 17.6-34.7
Cabarrus 140 17 14.6 8.4-24.1 29 28.3 18.1-41.4 48 29.6 21.4-39.3 46 27.4 19.1-37.7
Catawba 153 10 6.7 3.3-13.0 43 34.4 25.1-44.9 56 31.6 23.7-40.7 44 27.4 19.9-36.5
Cumberland 149 21 12.3 7.5-19.6 28 18.5 11.3-28.7 45 33.0 23.6-44.0 55 36.2 27.0-46.5
Davidson 122 16 12.3 6.8-21.2 16 12.7 7.1-21.7 34 37.3 25.0-51.5 56 37.7 27.3-49.4
Durham 133 16 11.4 6.2-20.1 42 42.7 27.8-59.2 55 35.5 24.3-48.6 20 10.4 5.6-18.3
Forsyth 146 20 16.4 9.3-27.5 29 19.9 11.4-32.2 26 20.3 12.2-31.7 71 43.4 32.8-54.7
Gaston 153 20 13.5 7.3-23.9 34 16.3 10.8-24.0 44 35.4 25.5-46.7 55 34.7 24.2-47.0
Guilford 153 17 9.0 5.2-15.0 37 20.2 14.0-28.3 39 37.4 26.2-50.2 60 33.4 24.7-43.3
Iredell 140 22 18.8 11.9-28.5 26 17.6 11.2-26.4 42 31.0 21.4-42.6 50 32.6 24.1-42.4
Johnston 167 18 9.4 5.2-16.4 50 26.5 18.0-37.2 45 28.9 16.7-45.2 54 35.2 24.1-48.3
Mecklenburg 273 28 10.9 6.7-17.3 69 26.2 20.1-33.3 103 38.0 31.0-45.5 73 24.9 19.2-31.7
New Hanover 151 25 15.5 9.6-24.0 32 20.6 13.3-30.6 57 37.6 28.1-48.2 37 26.2 17.0-38.1
Onslow 131 21 14.0 8.1-23.3 18 10.5 6.2-17.2 44 43.6 32.2-55.9 48 31.8 22.3-43.2
Orange 140 10 6.3 3.1-12.3 40 23.4 15.4-33.9 66 48.1 36.6-59.8 24 22.2 12.1-37.2
Pitt 157 16 7.6 4.4-12.6 41 24.7 18.0-33.0 56 41.3 32.1-51.2 44 26.4 18.9-35.5
Randolph 130 14 14.5 6.2-30.2 29 21.4 14.2-30.9 34 24.6 16.5-35.0 53 39.6 28.8-51.4
Robeson 150 18 15.4 8.5-26.4 39 29.4 20.4-40.3 40 21.4 14.4-30.6 53 33.8 24.3-45.0
Rowan 167 16 10.2 5.4-18.6 31 22.0 14.2-32.4 53 25.4 18.5-33.8 67 42.4 33.2-52.2
Union 137 9 6.2 3.0-12.6 33 24.0 16.5-33.4 43 29.4 20.6-40.0 52 40.5 30.2-51.5
Wake 236 21 7.4 4.5-11.8 67 29.0 22.0-37.1 88 39.6 32.0-47.7 60 24.0 17.8-31.5
Wayne 126 15 11.0 6.2-18.8 32 25.3 16.7-36.5 36 34.4 23.9-46.6 43 29.3 19.7-41.2
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,786 233 14.0 11.7-16.6 397 21.5 18.9-24.4 533 31.4 28.2-34.7 623 33.1 30.0-36.3
Piedmont 2,719 300 11.2 9.6-13.0 638 24.8 22.4-27.4 873 33.8 31.2-36.6 908 30.2 27.8-32.7
Western NC 1,104 135 14.8 11.8-18.5 237 24.6 21.1-28.4 400 32.8 29.3-36.5 332 27.8 24.5-31.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 790 98 16.8 12.6-22.0 173 24.8 20.7-29.4 294 33.5 29.1-38.1 225 24.9 21.2-29.1
Northwest 1,098 134 14.7 11.4-18.9 213 19.8 16.1-24.1 329 28.2 24.0-32.8 422 37.2 32.8-41.8
Charlotte 779 85 11.3 8.4-14.9 186 26.3 22.0-31.2 262 35.4 30.8-40.3 246 27.0 23.0-31.4
Greensboro 629 70 10.5 7.7-14.2 162 24.7 20.2-29.7 188 31.5 25.8-37.9 209 33.3 28.2-38.9
Southern Regional 515 56 11.5 7.9-16.4 120 22.4 17.9-27.6 148 30.6 24.7-37.2 191 35.6 29.8-41.9
Coastal 304 46 16.5 11.1-23.8 63 20.5 14.9-27.5 107 36.4 29.4-44.0 88 26.6 20.5-33.8
Wake 629 63 8.4 6.1-11.3 175 28.4 23.2-34.2 222 38.0 32.7-43.7 169 25.2 20.8-30.2
Area L 169 28 16.9 11.0-25.0 25 16.9 10.3-26.5 37 25.2 17.1-35.5 79 41.0 32.2-50.4
Eastern 696 88 13.5 10.3-17.5 155 22.1 18.0-26.9 219 33.2 28.4-38.3 234 31.2 26.7-36.1

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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