[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51626-51627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14354]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Network of 
Tobacco Cessation Quitlines Evaluation

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute, the 
National Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information 
collection listed below. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2006 (page 
4595) and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were 
received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days 
for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct 
or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented 
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Evaluation of the HHS National Network of Tobacco Cessation 
Quitlines Initiative.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: In February 2004, the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services announced plans for a national 
network of tobacco cessation quitlines to provide all smokers in the 
United States access to the support and latest information to help them 
quit. To provide the highest level of assistance to smokers across the 
country who wants to quit, NCI established a new toll-free telephone 
number (1-800-QUIT-NOW) on November 8, 2004. The aim of the National 
Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines (NNTCQ) initiative (the 
Initiative) is to strengthen service delivery; provide a mechanism for 
integration and implementation of state, regional, and national 
campaigns; and increase healthcare utilization by minority and 
medically underserved populations. NCI, CDC, and other state, private 
industry, and partner organizations (the North American Quitline 
Consortium) have created the infrastructure and a coordinated mechanism 
to offer cessation services to the American public. The Initiative 
seeks to enhance existing state-managed quitlines and to encourage the 
establishment of quitlines in states without them. It is expected that 
successful implementation of the Initiative will foster partnerships 
across state quitlines for technology transfer, sharing of effective 
practices, and understanding patterns of use and reach to special 
populations, thereby ensuring a sustained level of effectiveness over 
time. The goal of this evaluation is to monitor the implementation of 
the Initiative, assess its impact on key stakeholders, and examine its 
implications for public health. To that end, this study will conduct a 
series of in-depth key informant telephone interviews and selected site 
visits with state tobacco control officers, quitline administrators and 
counseling staff. Representatives of organizations and individuals that 
partner with quitlines, such as community health organizations or 
health care providers, will also be interviewed. The findings will 
provide valuable information concerning the development and 
implementation of the NNTQC initiative as a potential model for 
Federal-State partnerships, the impact on building and enhancing state 
quitline capacity, and implications for the state tobacco control 
community.
    The annual reporting burden is presented in exhibit 1, below.
    Frequency of Response: One occasion.
    Affected Public: State agencies, businesses or other for-profit, 
non-profit associations.
    Type of Respondents: Federal and state employees, health services 
providers, administrators and researchers.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 228.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.

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    Average Burden Hours per Response: .7445.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 169.75.
    The annualized cost to respondents is $7,129.50.
    There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of        Average      total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response      requested
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State Tobacco Control Manager...................              51               1            1.00           51.00
State Quitline Administrator....................              51               1            1.00           51.00
State Quitline Service Provider.................              19               1             .75           14.25
State Quitline Partner..........................             102               1             .50           51.00
NAQC Representative.............................               5               1             .50            2.50
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    Total.......................................             228  ..............  ..............          169.75
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) 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) 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) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact Candace Deaton, M.P.A., Project Officer, 
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Information Service, 6116 Executive 
Blvd., Suite 3056A, Room 3028, Rockville, MD 20892 or call non-toll-
free number 301-594-9072 or e-mail your request, including your address 
to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 21, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
 [FR Doc. E6-14354 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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