[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22998-22999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09444]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Next Series of
Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
(NCI)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal
Register on January 22 (Volume 79, P. 3598) and allowed 60-days for
public comment. There were a total of three comments. Two of the three
comments were requests for a copy of the questionnaire and plans, which
were sent to the requestors. One of these requestors commented in
support of FDA's co-sponsorship with NCI of the TUS-CPS and NCI/NIH
working with sister agencies and HHS to harmonize and coordinate
tobacco use information across various federal surveys. It further
stated the importance of this kind of HHS evaluation with sister
agencies, made specific suggestions what this should include, and
concluded with offering assistance. Additionally, the third public
comment was about spending of tax-payers' dollars. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to,
an information collection that has been extended, revised, or
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974,
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.
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DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days
of the date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments 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.
Proposed Collection: Next Series of Tobacco Use Supplements to the
Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 0925-0368, 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.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average burden
Type of Respondent Number of Responses per per response Annual burden
respondents respondent (in hour) hours
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Individuals................................. 127,500 1 6/60 12,750
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Dated: April 21, 2014.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-09444 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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