[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70718-70719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32570]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request: American Stop Smoking 
Intervention Study for Cancer Prevention (ASSIST) Final Evaluation: 
``Tobacco Use Supplement to the 1998-2000 Current Population Survey''

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on 
September 14, 1999, pages 49814-49815 and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 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.

PROPOSED COLLECTION:
    Title: American Stop Smoking Intervention Study for Cancer 
Prevention (ASSIST) Final Evaluation: ``Tobacco Use Supplement to the 
1998-2000 Current Population Survey.''
    Type of Information Request: OMB No. 0925-0368, Exp. 12/31/99, 
REVISION.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The ``Tobacco Use'' 
supplement to the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of 
the Census collected data in September 1998 and January and May 1999 
from the civilian non-instititionalized population on tobacco use and 
smoking prevalence, smoking intervention dissemination of workplace 
smoking policies and cessation programs as well as medical and dental 
advice to stop smoking, and changes in smoking norms and attitudes. Due 
to an administrative error, in January and May 1999 data collection 
included a small set of incorrect questions which does not permit an 
accurate estimate of total tobacco use. The proposed information 
collection will ask the correct set of questions (comparable to the 
correctly fielded set in September 1998) for other tobacco usage 
(cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco and snuff), along with the standard 
cigarette smoking prevalence questions in order to estimate total 
tobacco usage. This survey will provide valuable information to 
Government agencies and to the general public necessary for tobacco 
control research. The data will be used by the National Cancer 
Institute to evaluate the effectiveness of the American Stop Smoking 
Intervention Study for Cancer Prevention (ASSIST), a large scale 17 
state demonstration project. The survey will allow state specific 
estimates to be made. Data will be collected in January 2000 and May 
2000 from approximately 170,000 respondents.
    Frequency of Response: One-time study.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Type of Respondents: Persons 15 yrs of age or older. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 170,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 0.0113; and
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1921.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $19,210. There 
are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMNENTS: 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,

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electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms on information technology.

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, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact Anne Hartman, Health Statisticiam, National 
Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 313, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892-7344, or call non-toll free number (301) 496-4970, or FAX your 
request to (301) 435-3710, or E-mail your request, including your 
address, to [email protected] or Anne __H[email protected].

COMMENTS 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.

    Dated: December 9, 1999.
Reesa Nichols,
OMB Project Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-32570 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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