[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22998-22999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09444]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day 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 Institutes of Health (NIH), has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on January 22 (Volume 79, P. 3598) and allowed 60-days for 
public comment. There were a total of three comments. Two of the three 
comments were requests for a copy of the questionnaire and plans, which 
were sent to the requestors. One of these requestors commented in 
support of FDA's co-sponsorship with NCI of the TUS-CPS and NCI/NIH 
working with sister agencies and HHS to harmonize and coordinate 
tobacco use information across various federal surveys. It further 
stated the importance of this kind of HHS evaluation with sister 
agencies, made specific suggestions what this should include, and 
concluded with offering assistance. Additionally, the third public 
comment was about spending of tax-payers' dollars. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 
National Cancer Institute (NCI), 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.
    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: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.

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DATES: Comment 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments 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.
    Proposed Collection: Next Series of Tobacco Use Supplements to the 
Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 0925-0368, 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.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                Average  burden
             Type of Respondent                  Number of      Responses per     per response    Annual burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hour)          hours
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Individuals.................................         127,500                1             6/60           12,750
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    Dated: April 21, 2014.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-09444 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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