[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3149-3151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01101]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-18-0621]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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has submitted the information collection request titled NATIONAL YOUTH
TOBACCO SURVEY to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on October
13, 2017 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
received nine comments related to the previous notice. This notice
serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
National Youth Tobacco Surveys (NYTS) 2018-2020 (OMB Control Number
0920-0621, expires 01/31/2018)--Revision--National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death
in the United States, and nearly all tobacco use begins during youth
and young adulthood. A limited number of health-risk behaviors,
including tobacco use, account for the overwhelming majority of
immediate and long-term sources of morbidity and mortality. Because
many health-risk behaviors are established during adolescence, there is
a critical need for public health programs directed towards youth, and
for information to support these programs.
Since 2004, the CDC has periodically collected information about
tobacco use among adolescents (National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS)
2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013-2017, OMB Control Number 0920-0621).
This surveillance activity builds on previous surveys funded by the
American Legacy Foundation in 1999, 2000, and 2002.
At present, the NYTS is the most comprehensive source of nationally
representative tobacco data among students in grades 9-12, moreover,
the NYTS is the only source of such data for students in grades 6-8.
The NYTS has provided national estimates of tobacco use behaviors,
information about exposure to pro- and anti-tobacco influences, and
information about racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco-related
topics. CDC uses the information collected through the NYTS to identify
trends over time, to inform the development of tobacco cessation
programs for youth, and to evaluate the effectiveness of existing
interventions and programs.
CDC plans to request OMB approval to conduct additional cycles of
the NYTS in 2018, 2019, and 2020. CDC will conduct the survey among
nationally representative samples of students attending public and
private schools in grades 6-12, and administer to students either as an
optically scannable booklet of multiple-choice questions or as a
digitally-based survey.
CDC will also collect information supporting the NYTS from state-,
district-, and school-level administrators and teachers. During the
2018-2020 timeframe, changes will be incorporated that reflect CDC's
ongoing collaboration with FDA and the need to measure progress toward
meeting strategic goals established by the Family Smoking Prevention
and Tobacco Control Act.
Information collection will occur annually and may include a number
of new questions, as well as increased representation of minority
youth.
The survey will examine the following topics: Use of cigarettes,
cigars, smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, pipes,
bidis, snus, and dissolvable tobacco products; knowledge and attitudes;
media and advertising; access to tobacco products and enforcement of
restrictions on access; secondhand smoke including e-cigarette aerosol
exposure; provision of school- and community-based interventions, and
cessation.
CDC will continue to use the results of the NYTS to inform and
evaluate the National Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program; provide
data to inform the Department of Health and Human Service's Tobacco
Control Strategic Action Plan, and provide national benchmark data for
state-level Youth Tobacco Surveys. CDC also expects the information
collected through the NYTS to provide multiple measures and data for
monitoring progress on six of the 20 tobacco-related objectives (TU-2,
3, 7, 11, 18, and 19) for Healthy People 2020.
CDC seeks a three-year OMB approval and estimates 18,537 burden
hours for this project. There are no costs to respondents other than
their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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State Administrators............... State-level Recruitment 38 1 30/60
Script for the NYTS.
District Administrators............ District-level Recruitment 153 1 30/60
Script for the NYTS.
School Administrators.............. School-level Recruitment 240 1 30/60
Script for the NYTS.
Teachers........................... Data Collection Checklist.. 973 1 15/60
Students........................... National Youth Tobacco 24,000 1 45/60
Survey.
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Testing Activities......... 150 1 31/60
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-01101 Filed 1-22-18; 8:45 am]
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