[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6878-6879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2487]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05BF]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-371-5976 or 
send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Human Smoking Behavior Study--New--National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background

    CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion (NCCDPHP) in a joint venture with the National Center for 
Environmental Health (NCEH) proposes to conduct a study to better 
understand patterns of human smoking behavior across several of the 
most popular cigarette categories (ultralight, light, full flavored 
menthol and full-flavored non-menthol) and to determine the level of 
exposure to smoke toxins delivered by these cigarette categories. This 
is important because the current method of measuring constituents that 
smoke is via the Federal Trade Commission's machine smoking method, 
which does not accurately reflect human smoking patterns. Although 
there is ample evidence of the inadequacies and biases inherent in 
machine-smoking protocols, they serve the purpose of ranking cigarettes 
smoked under standardized conditions. Comparison of cigarette smoke 
emissions using machine-smoking methods will persevere until something 
superior is developed. Therefore, machine-smoking must be adequately 
informed to yield results that better reflect human smoking behavior. 
Funding for this study will come from both NCCDPHP and NCEH. The 
Centers will share responsibilities, with administrative and technical 
assistance coming from NCCDPHP and laboratory support coming from NCEH.
    This is a laboratory-based descriptive study of smoking behavior 
and analysis of biomarkers of exposure for current adult smokers of a 
range of cigarette categories that are representative of the most 
commonly smoked U.S. cigarettes. The goals of this project are to 
characterize the range of human smoking behavior for a variety of 
cigarette categories and machine-smoked yields, and to estimate the 
levels of biomarkers of exposure with the various cigarette styles. 
This study will assess known indicators of smoking behavior 
(ventilation pore-blocking behavior, puff volume, puff duration, puff 
velocity and inter-puff interval) to determine typical patterns of 
smoking behavior.
    Measures of exposure will include expired-air carbon monoxide 
boost, assessment of carcinogens, nicotine and its metabolites in 
urine, cotinine in saliva and solanesol in cigarette butts as an 
indicator of total smoke exposure. There are no direct respondent costs 
associated with the information collection for the study. The smoking 
behavior and biomarkers of 360 smokers will be ascertained.

                                                Annualized Burden
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                                                                      No. of      Average burden
                   Respondents                        No. of       responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Screening.......................................             500               1            6/60              50
Clinic Visit 1..................................             360               1             1.1             198
Clinic Visit 2..................................             360               1             1.0             180
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             428
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    Dated: February 1, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-2487 Filed 2-8-05; 8:45 am]
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