[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48549-48550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16365]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-05-0624]


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) 371-5983 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC via 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, (0920-0624)--Revision--National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
    Since 1987, 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 SAMMEC, which can be used to estimate the adverse 
health outcomes and disease impact of smoking on adults and infants.
    Since the release of Internet SAMMEC, more than 1,230 tobacco 
control professionals in the State health departments and other tobacco 
control institutions in the country have used SAMMEC to generate the 
data they need for their projects. Some of them have provided comments 
and sent requests for assistance. Of those using SAMMEC, 1,000 will be 
recruited for each of the 2 surveys planned over a three year period. 
Therefore, an average of 667 respondents will complete the survey 
annually.
    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. There are no costs to the respondents except for their time 
in completing the questionnaire. The estimated total annualized burden 
is 167 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     No. of       Average burden
                         Respondents                                No. of       responses per    per  response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hrs.)
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Tobacco Control Professionals/Internet SAMMEC Users..........             667                1            15/60
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    Dated: August 11, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16365 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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