[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3598-3599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01230]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Next Series of 
Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey

SUMMARY: 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 National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    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.
    To Submit Comments and for Further Information: To obtain a copy of 
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, 
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: Anne 
Hartman, Health Statistician, Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods 
Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, MSC 9762, 9609 Medical Center 
Drive, Bethesda, MD or call non-toll-free number 240-276-6704 or Email 
your request, including your address to: [email protected]. Formal 
requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in 
writing.

DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.
    Proposed Collection: Next Series of Tobacco Use Supplements to the 
Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 0925-0368, Expiration Date 03/31/
2013, Reinstatement with Change, National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The 2014-15 Tobacco Use 
Supplement-Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) will be conducted by the 
Census Bureau and is co-sponsored by the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Fielded since 1992, 
most recently in 2010-11, this survey is part of a continuing series of 
surveys (OMB No. 0925-0368) sponsored by NCI that has been administered 
triennially as part of the Census Bureau's and the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics' CPS. For the TUS-CPS, data will be collected from the U.S. 
civilian non-institutionalized population on smoking, other tobacco 
use, including switching, flavors, dependence, cessation attempts, and 
policy and social norms. The TUS-CPS has been a key source of national, 
state, some local-level, and health disparity data on these topics in 
U.S. households because it uses a large, nationally representative 
sample. The 2014-15 TUS-CPS is designed to meet both NCI's and FDA's 
goals. The NCI and FDA are co-sponsoring the 2014-15 TUS-CPS through 
parallel, but separate interagency agreements with the Census Bureau. 
The NCI is particularly focused on policy information such as home and 
workplace smoking policies, cigarette price, and impact of these on 
subsequent purchase and use behavior; and changes in smoking norms and 
attitudes. The FDA aims to support research to aid the development and 
evaluation of tobacco product regulations. The research findings 
generated from this program are expected to provide data to inform FDA 
regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco 
products to protect public health. A unique feature is the ability to 
link other social and economic Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor 
Statistics data, other sponsor-supported supplement data, and the 
National Longitudinal Mortality Study cancer incidence and cause-
specific mortality data to the TUS-CPS data. Data will be collected in 
July 2014, January 2015, and May 2015 from about 255,000 respondents.
    OMB approval is requested for 2 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 12,750.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                       Number of         Responses per    Average burden per     Annual burden
       Type of respondent             respondents         respondent      response (in hour)         hours
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Individuals.....................            127,500                   1                6/60              12,750
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    Dated: January 15, 2014.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-01230 Filed 1-21-14; 8:45 am]
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