[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28620-28621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12181]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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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) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 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

    Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease and 
death in the United States, resulting in approximately 440,000 deaths 
annually and contributing to $92 billion annually in lost worker 
productivity. 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 
provides funding for state Quitlines, which provide telephone-based 
tobacco cessation services 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.
    With funding authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (ARRA), CDC has provided additional support for the 
expansion of tobacco Quitline services. CDC is therefore requesting OMB 
approval to establish a National Quitline Data Warehouse (NDQW), and to 
collect information from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, and Guam. The principal information collection will be 
based on a uniform Minimum Data Set (MDS) developed collaboratively by 
the North American Quitline Consortium and other tobacco control 
organizations.
    Quitline service providers will use a common interview instrument 
to collect information from all callers. A one-minute interview will be 
conducted with callers who contact the Quitline to obtain information 
on another person's behalf. Callers who contact the Quitline to obtain 
information or services for themselves will be asked to participate in 
a 10-minute interview. A random sample of callers who receive a 
Quitline service will be asked to participate in a short, voluntary 
follow-up interview seven months after intake.
    In addition, to monitor and evaluate the expenditure of Recovery 
Act funding, CDC will collect a quarterly report about each Quitline 
program from the designated Tobacco Control Manager. These reports will 
be used to quantify improvements in the capacity of the Quitlines to 
assist tobacco users over time.
    The information collected in the NQDW will be used to determine the 
role Quitlines play 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.
    Information will be collected electronically for a two-year period. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 90,563.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Caller who contacts the Quitline on     Intake Questionnaire....         230,000               1            1/60
 behalf of someone else.
Caller who contacts the Quitline for    ........................         500,000               1           10/60
 personal use.
Quitline caller who received a          Follow-up Questionnaire.          28,900               1            7/60
 Quitline service.
Tobacco Control Manager...............  Quitline Services                     53               4            7/60
                                         Questionnaire.
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    Dated: May 13, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-12181 Filed 5-20-10; 8:45 am]
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