[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4080-4081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1425]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Next Series of 
Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) 
(NCI)

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 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 November 
6, 2009, (Vol. 74, No. 214, pp. 57496-97) and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. One request for information was received on November 6, 
2009. A copy of the 2010-2011 TUS-CPS was e-mailed to the requestor 
reiterating our data collection plans as stated in the 60-day Federal 
Register Notice. Another comment was received on December 16, 2009 
complimenting our inclusion in the 2010-2011 TUS-CPS of critically 
needed information on details about the types of cigars (especially 
small cigars) used by smokers and new and valuable information on 
menthol cigarette smoking. We thanked the requestor for the endorsement 
and agreed that we thought that was valuable and timely as well and 
that is why we have included the information in the proposed data 
collection. 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: Next Series of Tobacco Use Supplements 
to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) (NCI). Type of information 
request: REINSTATEMENT WITH CHANGE of OMB 0925-0368, 
Expiration 4/30/2009. Need and Use of Information Collection: The 2010-
2011 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey conducted 
by the Census Bureau will collect data from the U.S. civilian non-
institutionalized population on smoking, other tobacco use, and 
attempts at cessation; policy information such as home and workplace 
smoking policies; health professional advice to stop smoking; and 
changes in smoking norms and attitudes. The TUS-CPS will be and has 
been in the past a key source of national, State, and some local-level 
data on these topics in U.S. households because it uses a large, 
nationally representative sample. This survey is part of a continuing 
series of surveys (OMB 0925-0368) that were sponsored by NCI 
and has been administered triennially as part of the U.S. Census 
Bureau's and the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPS. The TUS-CPS has been 
fielded since 1992, most recently in 2006-07, and its data are 
available for public use. Government agencies, other researchers and 
the public can use the data to monitor progress in the control

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of tobacco use, conduct tobacco-related research, evaluate tobacco 
control programs, examine tobacco-use-related health disparities, and 
use this data to help determine policies and services that need to be 
provided. A unique feature is the ability to link other social and 
economic Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics data and other 
sponsor-supported supplement data to the TUS-CPS data. Much of this 
data can also be linked to cancer and other cause-specific mortality 
data through the National Longitudinal Mortality Study (co-sponsored by 
three NIH agencies, the National Center for Health Statistics/Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Census Bureau). This 
survey has in the past and the 2010-2011 survey will provide in the 
future invaluable information to measure progress toward tobacco 
control as part of the NCI's Cancer Trend Progress Report, and the 
Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2010 and 2020 
Goals. This data will also provide a basis for the National Human 
Genome Research Institute's PhenX Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other 
Substances Toolkit, provide long-term trend data for CDC and other 
State and local public health staff, and support the research of 
extramural scientists. The 2010-2011 TUS-CPS is also relevant to 
several NCI tobacco control initiatives. The main 2010-2011 survey will 
allow State and sub-State-specific estimates to be made as do all the 
previous surveys. The May 2011 Follow-Up questionnaire will consist of 
an abbreviated version of the main 2010-2011 questionnaire. Data will 
be collected in May 2010, August 2010, January 2011, and May 2011 from 
approximately 315,000 respondents (270,000 unique respondents, 45,000 
of these in the May 2011 Follow-Up). The 2010-2011 TUS-CPS, 
complemented by the Follow-Up questionnaire, will be useful for 
researchers interested in measuring the impact on tobacco cessation of 
new FDA regulation (the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control 
Act) as it is implemented, and will complement Federal tobacco research 
and policy efforts. Frequency of Response: One-time study for the main 
2010-2011 survey; One-time study for the May 2011 Follow-Up. Affected 
Public: Individuals or households. Type of Respondents: Persons 18 
years of age or older. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated 
at $285,000. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or 
Maintenance Costs to report. The annual reporting burden is presented 
in the table below.

                                     Table--Estimates of Annual Burden Hours
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                                              Number of                       Average time per
  Type of respondent per survey period       respondents      Responses per       response        Annual burden
                                            (annualized)       respondent      (minutes/hour)         hours
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May 2010: Individuals...................            30,000                 1       9/60 (0.15)             4,500
August 2010: Individuals................            30,000                 1       9/60 (0.15)             4,500
January 2011: Individuals...............            30,000                 1       9/60 (0.15)             4,500
May 2011 Follow-Up: Individuals.........            15,000                 1       6/60 (0.10)             1,500
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  Totals................................           105,000  ................  ................            15,000
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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.
    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 Attention: NIH Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, at [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. 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, 6130 Executive 
Blvd--MSC 7344, Executive Plaza North, Suite 4005, 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 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: January 15, 2010.
Kristine Miller,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-1425 Filed 1-25-10; 8:45 am]
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