[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36067-36068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14789]


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 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-14-0621]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the 
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information 
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to 
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send 
an email to [email protected].
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. 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; (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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2015-2017 (OMB No. 0920-0621, 
expires 01/31/2015)--Revision-- National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Tobacco use is a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality 
in the U.S. A limited number of health risk behaviors, including 
tobacco use, account for the overwhelming majority of immediate and 
long-term sources of morbidity and mortality. Because the majority of 
tobacco users begin using tobacco before the age of 18, there is a 
critical need for public health programs directed towards youth, and 
for information to support these programs.
    Since 2004, the CDC has periodically collected information about 
tobacco use among adolescents (NYTS 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 
2014 OMB no. 0920-0621, exp. 01/31/2015). This surveillance activity 
builds on previous surveys funded by the American Legacy Foundation in 
1999, 2000, and 2002.

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    At present, the NYTS is the most comprehensive source of nationally 
representative tobacco data among students in grades 9-12, moreover, 
the NYTS is the only source of such data for students in grades 6-8. 
The NYTS has provided national estimates of tobacco use behaviors, 
information about exposure to pro- and anti-tobacco influences, 
information about racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco-related 
topics, and most recently, estimates of use of emerging products such 
as water pipes (hookahs) and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). 
Information collected through the NYTS is used to identify trends over 
time, to inform the development of tobacco cessation programs for 
youth, and to evaluate the effectiveness of existing interventions and 
programs.
    CDC plans to request OMB approval to conduct additional cycles of 
the NYTS in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The survey will be conducted among 
nationally representative samples of students attending public and 
private schools in grades 6-12, and will be administered to students as 
an optically scannable, eight-page booklet of multiple-choice 
questions. Information supporting the NYTS also will be collected from 
state-, district-, and school-level administrators and teachers. During 
the 2015-2017 timeframe, a number of changes will be incorporated that 
reflect the collaboration between CDC and the Food and Drug 
Administration that has been ongoing since 2011 to assist the agency 
with measuring progress toward meeting strategic goals established by 
the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The 2015 survey 
will examine the following topics: Use of cigarettes, smokeless 
tobacco, cigars, pipes, bidis, snus, hookahs, electronic vapor 
products, and dissolvable tobacco products; knowledge and attitudes; 
media and advertising; access to tobacco products; secondhand smoke 
exposure; and cessation. Given the dynamic nature of the tobacco 
control environment, particularly related to youth, it may be necessary 
in the future to make additional requests to OMB for changes in the 
NYTS instruments to reflect the varying landscape.
    Results of the NYTS will continue to be used for public health 
program planning and evaluation. Information collected through the NYTS 
is expected to provide measures and data for monitoring progress on one 
of the 20 tobacco-related objectives for Healthy People 2020 and serve 
as complementary data for five other tobacco-related objectives.
    OMB approval will be requested for three years. Changes described 
in the Revision request include changes to instrument content, a 
decrease in the average annualized number of respondents, and a 
decrease in the average annualized burden hours. There are no changes 
in the estimated burden per response for any type of respondent. 
Participation is voluntary and there are no costs to respondents other 
than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State Administrators..........  State-level                   35               1           30/60              18
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 NYTS.
District Administrators.......  District-level               150               1           30/60              75
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 NYTS.
School Administrators.........  School-level                 220               1           30/60             110
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 NYTS.
Teachers......................  Data Collection              973               1           15/60             243
                                 Checklist for
                                 the NYTS.
Students......................  National Youth            20,077               1           45/60          15,058
                                 Tobacco Survey.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          15,504
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-14789 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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