BRFSS 2007 - Pitt 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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	158	16	7.6	4.4-12.7	41	24.7	17.9-32.9	56	41.4	32.0-51.5	45	26.3	18.9-35.3
GENDER
Male	54	6	7.7	3.3-17.0	14	21.7	12.5-34.8	22	49.8	34.9-64.8	12	20.8	11.1-35.5
Female	104	10	7.5	3.9-14.2	27	27.7	18.9-38.5	34	33.1	22.8-45.3	33	31.7	22.1-43.2
RACE
White	107	12	9.5	5.1-17.1	29	27.0	18.6-37.3	38	39.7	28.8-51.8	28	23.8	15.4-34.9
Other	51	4	4.2	1.5-11.2	12	20.7	10.9-35.7	18	44.4	28.2-61.9	17	30.7	18.1-46.9
AGE
18-44	47	5	7.0	2.6-17.1	9	15.2	7.5-28.4	18	49.1	32.8-65.5	15	28.8	16.6-45.0
45+	111	11	8.1	4.4-14.6	32	32.7	23.7-43.3	38	34.9	25.6-45.6	30	24.2	16.4-34.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	6	8.2	3.4-18.5	13	23.4	12.9-38.7	19	46.8	30.5-63.7	18	21.7	12.5-34.9
Some College +	102	10	7.3	3.7-14.0	28	25.3	17.2-35.6	37	38.7	27.8-50.9	27	28.6	19.2-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	76	11	12.2	6.5-21.8	20	29.8	19.0-43.4	19	24.0	13.4-39.1	26	34.0	22.3-48.2
$50,000+	63	5	5.1	1.8-13.5	19	23.8	14.8-35.9	27	51.0	36.9-64.9	12	20.1	10.9-33.9

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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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