BRFSS 2007 - Randolph 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: Randolph 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
-Randolph County	130	14	14.5	6.3-29.9	29	23.2	15.3-33.6	34	24.1	16.2-34.3	53	38.2	27.7-49.9
GENDER
Male	59	4	16.4	5.0-42.3	12	22.2	11.7-38.0	12	21.0	10.8-36.8	31	40.4	25.7-57.1
Female	71	10	11.7	5.8-21.9	17	24.7	15.1-37.8	22	28.7	18.6-41.6	22	34.9	21.8-50.8
RACE
White	116	12	9.0	4.6-16.9	27	27.4	18.3-38.9	31	24.8	17.0-34.7	46	38.8	28.1-50.7
Other	14	2	31.5	7.7-71.5	2	10.1	2.1-37.7	3	22.0	6.2-54.9	7	36.4	14.1-66.5
AGE
18-44	41	5	20.0	6.8-46.0	14	29.6	16.5-47.3	8	18.7	8.5-36.3	14	31.7	17.0-51.3
45+	88	9	8.2	4.1-16.0	15	15.9	9.4-25.7	26	31.3	21.6-43.0	38	44.5	33.2-56.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	9	22.4	8.3-47.8	10	15.2	7.2-29.2	17	22.0	11.8-37.2	29	40.4	24.9-58.2
Some College +	65	5	6.2	2.5-14.8	19	31.6	19.5-46.8	17	26.3	15.6-40.8	24	35.9	23.0-51.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	10	18.9	6.7-43.1	16	27.3	15.7-43.1	14	14.2	7.5-25.2	34	39.6	25.1-56.2
$50,000+	40	3	9.9	2.8-29.9	9	18.8	9.0-35.1	14	30.9	17.8-47.9	14	40.4	24.1-59.2

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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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