[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3598-3599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01230]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Next Series of
Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
To Submit Comments and for Further Information: To obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing,
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: Anne
Hartman, Health Statistician, Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods
Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, MSC 9762, 9609 Medical Center
Drive, Bethesda, MD or call non-toll-free number 240-276-6704 or Email
your request, including your address to: [email protected]. Formal
requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in
writing.
DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days
of the date of this publication.
Proposed Collection: Next Series of Tobacco Use Supplements to the
Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 0925-0368, Expiration Date 03/31/
2013, Reinstatement with Change, National Cancer Institute (NCI),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: The 2014-15 Tobacco Use
Supplement-Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) will be conducted by the
Census Bureau and is co-sponsored by the National Cancer Institute
(NCI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Fielded since 1992,
most recently in 2010-11, this survey is part of a continuing series of
surveys (OMB No. 0925-0368) sponsored by NCI that has been administered
triennially as part of the Census Bureau's and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics' CPS. For the TUS-CPS, data will be collected from the U.S.
civilian non-institutionalized population on smoking, other tobacco
use, including switching, flavors, dependence, cessation attempts, and
policy and social norms. The TUS-CPS has been a key source of national,
state, some local-level, and health disparity data on these topics in
U.S. households because it uses a large, nationally representative
sample. The 2014-15 TUS-CPS is designed to meet both NCI's and FDA's
goals. The NCI and FDA are co-sponsoring the 2014-15 TUS-CPS through
parallel, but separate interagency agreements with the Census Bureau.
The NCI is particularly focused on policy information such as home and
workplace smoking policies, cigarette price, and impact of these on
subsequent purchase and use behavior; and changes in smoking norms and
attitudes. The FDA aims to support research to aid the development and
evaluation of tobacco product regulations. The research findings
generated from this program are expected to provide data to inform FDA
regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco
products to protect public health. A unique feature is the ability to
link other social and economic Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor
Statistics data, other sponsor-supported supplement data, and the
National Longitudinal Mortality Study cancer incidence and cause-
specific mortality data to the TUS-CPS data. Data will be collected in
July 2014, January 2015, and May 2015 from about 255,000 respondents.
OMB approval is requested for 2 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 12,750.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Responses per Average burden per Annual burden
Type of respondent respondents respondent response (in hour) hours
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Individuals..................... 127,500 1 6/60 12,750
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Dated: January 15, 2014.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-01230 Filed 1-21-14; 8:45 am]
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