[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 65934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29216]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-04]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: National Youth Tobacco Survey--New--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The proposed project 
is the 2004 national school-based National Youth Tobacco Survey. The 
purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to continue a 
biennial survey among junior and senior high school students attending 
regular public, private, and Catholic schools in grades 6-12. This 
survey was previously funded by the American Legacy Foundation in 1999, 
2000, and 2002. The survey covers the following tobacco-related topics: 
prevalence of use (cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipe, bidis, 
and kreteks), knowledge and attitudes, media and advertising, minors' 
access and enforcement, school curriculum, environmental tobacco smoke 
exposure, and cessation. Tobacco use, a major preventable cause of 
morbidity and mortality in the U.S., is one of the 28 focus areas in 
Healthy People 2010. In the Healthy People 2010 focus area of tobacco 
use, the National Youth Tobacco Survey provides data relevant to six 
health objectives. The survey also provides data to monitor one of the 
10 Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010 that addresses 
tobacco use. In addition, the National Youth Tobacco Survey can 
identify racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco-related topics listed 
above. The National Youth Tobacco Survey is the most comprehensive 
source of nationally representative data regarding high school students 
and tobacco. Moreover, the National Youth Tobacco Survey is the only 
source of such national data for middle school students (grades 6-8). 
The data have significant implications for policy and program 
development for school health programs nationwide.
    To provide contextual data, in each participating school, the 
principal or another designated administrator will be asked to complete 
a questionnaire on the school's tobacco-related policies. The 
annualized burden for this data collection is 18,663 hours.

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                      No. of          No. of        burden per
                           Respondents                              respondents    responses per  responses  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Students........................................................          24,500               1           45/60
School Administrator............................................             516               1           30/60
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    Dated: November 17, 2003.
Laura Yerdon Martin,
Acting Director, Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-29216 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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