BRFSS 2007 - Wake 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: Wake 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
-Wake County	239	22	7.5	4.6-11.9	69	29.5	22.4-37.8	88	38.9	31.3-47.1	60	24.1	17.7-31.8
GENDER
Male	86	7	4.9	1.9-11.9	22	26.8	15.8-41.6	32	41.0	28.7-54.5	25	27.3	17.3-40.4
Female	153	15	9.8	5.6-16.6	47	32.1	23.9-41.6	56	37.0	28.4-46.6	35	21.1	13.9-30.6
RACE
White	175	16	8.1	4.6-13.9	54	31.4	23.1-41.1	66	39.6	30.9-49.1	39	20.9	14.2-29.6
Other	64	6	6.3	2.5-15.0	15	26.0	14.3-42.6	22	37.5	24.2-53.1	21	30.2	18.1-45.9
AGE
18-44	88	6	4.9	1.9-11.9	31	34.6	23.7-47.4	35	40.4	29.2-52.8	16	20.1	11.6-32.6
45+	150	15	10.0	5.9-16.6	38	22.8	16.4-30.8	53	37.2	28.6-46.8	44	29.9	22.2-38.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	4	2.8	1.0- 7.8	19	35.2	21.1-52.6	21	35.6	22.1-52.0	23	26.3	16.0-40.1
Some College +	172	18	9.4	5.6-15.4	50	27.2	19.6-36.5	67	40.2	31.4-49.7	37	23.1	15.6-32.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	76	7	6.4	2.7-14.5	23	33.9	20.3-50.7	23	33.2	20.5-48.8	23	26.5	15.7-41.2
$50,000+	133	13	8.8	4.7-15.9	36	26.2	17.8-36.9	59	44.5	34.4-55.1	25	20.4	12.7-31.2

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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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