[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 114 (Thursday, June 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33433-33434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13194]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-0621]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    2009 and 2011 National Youth Tobacco Surveys (NYTS)--Revision--
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC requests OMB approval to conduct the National Youth Tobacco 
Survey (NYTS) in 2009 and 2011 (OMB No. 0920-0621; exp. date December 
31, 2008). The NYTS is a school-based survey that that has been 
conducted in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. To improve the 
coordination and efficiency of school-based surveillance activities 
within CDC, the proposed revision will establish a routine data 
collection schedule to occur in the Spring of odd-numbered years. Minor 
changes to the survey instrument and the burden estimate also are 
proposed.
    The NYTS provides national estimates for middle and high school 
students of tobacco use behaviors, information about exposure to pro- 
and anti-tobacco influences, and information about racial and ethnic 
disparities in these tobacco-related behaviors and behavioral 
determinants. Information collected through the NYTS is used to 
identify trends over time, to inform the development of tobacco 
cessation programs for youth, and to evaluate the effectiveness of 
existing interventions and programs. The NYTS covers the following 
topics related to youth tobacco use: Use of cigarettes, smokeless 
tobacco, cigars, pipes, bidis, and kreteks; knowledge and attitudes; 
media and advertising; access to tobacco products and enforcement of 
restrictions on access; school curriculum; environmental tobacco smoke 
exposure; and cessation.
    The NYTS will be conducted among nationally representative samples 
of students in grades 6-12 attending public and private schools. 
Responding students will complete a self-administered optically 
scannable questionnaire that includes multiple-choice questions. 
Information supporting the NYTS also will be collected from state-, 
district-, and school-level administrators and teachers. The table 
below reports the combined total number of respondents for the 2009 and 
2011 NYTS annualized over the requested three-year OMB approval period.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The estimated 
annualized burden hours are 10,213.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State Administrators..................  State-level Recruitment               17               1           30/60
                                         Script for the NYTS.
District Administrators...............  District-level                        80               1           30/60
                                         Recruitment Script for
                                         the NYTS.
School Administrators.................  School-level Recruitment             133               1           30/60
                                         Script for the NYTS.
Teachers..............................  Data Collection                      635               1           15/60
                                         Checklist for the NYTS.
Students..............................  National Youth Tobacco            13,251               1           45/60
                                         Survey (NYTS).
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    Dated: June 5, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-13194 Filed 6-11-08; 8:45 am]
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