[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9224-9225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4164]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-10-10BT]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 or 
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Quitline Data Warehouse -- New--National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Background and Brief Description:
    Despite the high level of public knowledge about the adverse 
effects of smoking, tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause 
of disease and death in the United States. Tobacco use results in 
approximately 440,000 deaths annually, including approximately 38,000 
deaths from secondhand smoke exposure. Adults who smoke contribute to 
$92 billion annually in lost worker productivity, and die an average of 
14 years earlier than nonsmokers. Although the prevalence of current 
smoking among adults decreased significantly since its peak in the 
1960s, overall smoking prevalence among U.S. adults has remained 
virtually unchanged during the past five years. Large disparities in 
smoking prevalence continue to exist among members of racial/ethnic 
minority groups and individuals of low socioeconomic status.
    The National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) was established by CDC 
to help reduce tobacco-related disease, disability, and death. The 
NTCP's four goal areas are: (1) The prevention of initiation of tobacco 
use among young people, (2) the elimination of nonsmokers' exposure to 
secondhand smoke, (3) the promotion of quitting among adults and young 
people, and (4) the elimination of tobacco-related disparities. The 
NTCP has provided funding for State quitlines, which provide telephone-
based tobacco cessation services--including individualized counseling 
and self-help material--to help tobacco users quit. Quitlines overcome 
many of the barriers to tobacco cessation classes and traditional 
clinics because they are free and available at the caller's 
convenience. Quitline services in all States can be accessed through a 
toll-free national portal number at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. According to CDC's 
Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control, approximately six to 
eight percent of tobacco users potentially can be reached successfully 
by quitlines; however, currently, only one to two percent of tobacco 
users contact quitlines.
    All States collect intake information about quitline callers and 
the services provided to them, but have varied with respect to the 
schedule for follow-up with callers, the number of follow-up attempts 
per caller, and the collection of information related to follow-up. 
With leadership from the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) and 
other tobacco control organizations, the field has collaborated to 
develop a Minimum Data Set (MDS) consisting of a set of suggested 
intake questions that should be asked of all callers, and follow-up 
questions that should be asked of a representative sample of callers 
who have both completed intake and received a quitline service.
    CDC requests OMB approval to collect information for a National 
Quitline Data Warehouse (NDQW) based on a uniform follow-up protocol 
and standardized instruments adapted from the MDS. Respondents will be 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Guam. Additional funding 
for the expansion of tobacco quitline services, standardization of the 
information collection, and transmission to the shared NQDW is provided 
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
    Intake information will be collected from approximately 60,833 
callers per month over a 24-month period. Minimal information will be 
collected from callers who contact the Quitline on behalf of another 
person. The information collection will also include seven-month 
follow-up data from a random sample of approximately 3,400 callers per 
month across all States, beginning in month eight (i.e., seven full 
months after the first intakes) and continuing through month 24. 
Finally, the Tobacco Control Manager for each ARRA awardee (State, 
district or territory) will be required to submit a quarterly report 
describing services provided. The quarterly report will be used to 
quantify improvements in the capacity of the quitlines to assist 
tobacco users over time and to evaluate the expenditure of Recovery Act 
dollars.
    The NQDW will have significant implications for the development of 
policies and programs aimed at tobacco use cessation and reduction of 
tobacco use. The information to be collected in the NQDW will be used 
to determine the role quitlines are playing in promoting tobacco use 
cessation, measure the number of tobacco users being served by State 
Quitlines, determine reach of quitlines to high-risk populations (e.g., 
racial and ethnic minorities and the medically underserved), measure 
the number using each State quitline who quit, determine whether some 
combinations of services contribute to higher quit rates than others, 
and improve the timeliness, access to, and quality of data collected by 
quitlines.
    CDC requests OMB approval to collect information for a two-year 
period. All information will be collected electronically. There are no 
costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                            Number of     Average
                                                               Number of    responses    burden per     Total
         Type of respondent                  Form name        respondents      per        response    burden (in
                                                                            respondent   (in hours)     hours)
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Caller who contacts the Quitline on   Intake Questionnaire..      230,000            1         1/60        3,833
 behalf of someone else.
Caller who contacts the Quitline for  ......................      500,000            1        10/60       83,333
 personal use.
Quitline caller who received a        Follow-up                    28,900            1         7/60        3,372
 Quitline service.                     Questionnaire.
Tobacco Control Manager.............  Quitline Services                52            4         7/60           24
                                       Questionnaire.
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    Total...........................  ......................  ...........  ...........  ...........       90,562
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    Dated: February 23, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-4164 Filed 2-26-10; 8:45 am]
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