[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65906-65907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21645]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Tobacco Use Supplement to 
the Current Population Survey Series: 2006-2007 Tobacco Use Supplement 
to the Current Population Survey

SUMMARY: 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 National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey 
Series: 2006-2007 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population 
Survey.
    Type of information request: Reinstatement with Change of OMB 
0925-0368, Expiration 01/31/2004.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The 2006-2007 Tobacco Use 
Supplement to the Current Population Survey conducted by the Census 
Bureau will collect data from the civilian non-institutionalized 
population on tobacco use, smoking prevalence and attempts at 
cessation; workplace smoking policies; health professional advice to 
stop smoking; and changes in smoking norms and attitudes. This survey 
will provide invaluable information to government agencies and 
departments, other scientists and the general public necessary for 
tobacco control research, as well as measure progress toward

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tobacco control as part of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) 
Cancer Progress Report, and the Department of Health and Human 
Services' Healthy People 2010 Goals. It is also relevant to past 
reports of NCI plans for the National Investment in Cancer Research and 
NCI's long-term strategic plan for eliminating the suffering and death 
due to cancer. This survey is part of a continuing series of surveys 
that were sponsored by NCI and fielded periodically over the 1990's by 
the Census Bureau as part of the American Stop Smoking Intervention 
Study for Cancer Prevention (ASSIST) project and made available for 
general public use. The Tobacco Use Supplements since 2001-02 have been 
fielded and will be continuing over the next decade alternating between 
a standard or core tobacco use survey (such as this 2006-2007 survey) 
and a special topic survey focusing on emerging adult tobacco control 
issues (such as the 2003 Tobacco Use Special Cessation Supplement). The 
survey will allow state specific estimates to be made. Data will be 
collected in May 2006, August 2006 and January 2007 from approximately 
285,000 respondents. The National Cancer Institute is co-sponsoring 
this survey with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Frequency of Response: One-time study.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Type of Respondents: Persons 15 years of age or older. The annual 
reporting burden is presented in exhibit 1 below. There are no Capital 
Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to report.

                                 Exhibit 1.--Estimates of Respondent Hour Burden
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                                                                                                    Total hour
                                                                  Frequency of   Average burden   burden (total
     Number of respondents  (number of annual respondents)          response        hours per      annual hour
                                                                                    response         burden)
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285,000 (95,000)...............................................               1          0.1169  33,317 (11,106)
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate 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) evaluate 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) enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Anne Hartman, M.S., M.A., Health Statistician, 
National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North--Suite 4005, 6130 
Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7344, or call non-
toll free (301) 496-4970, or fax your request to (301) 435-3710, or e-
mail your request, including your address, to [email protected] or [email protected].

Comments Due Dates

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: October 25, 2005.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
National Institutes of Health, NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 05-21645 Filed 10-31-05; 8:45 am]
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