[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-770]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-04]


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: An Evaluation Survey on the Use and Effectiveness 
of Internet SAMMEC--N--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).
    Since 1987, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
has used the Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic 
Costs (SAMMEC) software to estimate the disease impact of smoking for 
the nation, states, and large populations. The Internet version of the 
SAMMEC software was released in 2002, and it contains two distinct 
computational programs, Adult SAMMEC and Maternal and Child Health 
(MCH) SAMMEC, which can be used to estimate the adverse health outcomes 
and disease impact of smoking on adults and infants.
    More than 1230 tobacco control professionals in the State health 
departments and other tobacco control institutions in the country are 
currently using Internet SAMMEC to generate the data they need for 
their projects. Some of them have provided comments and sent requests 
for assistance. The purpose of this survey is to evaluate the use and 
effectiveness of the SAMMEC software and identify ways to improve the 
system so that it will better meet the needs of the users in tobacco 
control and prevention. The annualized burden for this data collection 
is 250 hours.

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                                                                                     No. of      Average burden/
                         Respondents                                No. of         responses/      response (in
                                                                 respondents       respondent         hours)
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Tobacco Control Professionals/Internet SAMMEC users..........            1000                1            15/60
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    Dated: January 7, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-770 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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