[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3916-3918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01042]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-0621; Docket No. CDC-2019-0117]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, 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. This notice invites comment on the information 
collection project entitled National Youth Tobacco Surveys (NYTS) 2021-
2023 which aims to collect data on tobacco use among middle- and high 
school students.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 23, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0117 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 
Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed 
above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office,

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2021-2023 (OMB Control No. 
0920-0621, Exp. 4/30/2021)--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 the leading cause of preventable disease and death 
in the United States, and nearly all tobacco use begins during youth 
and young adulthood. 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 
many health risk behaviors are established during adolescence, there is 
a critical need for public health programs directed towards youth, and 
for information to support these programs.
    Since 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
has periodically collected information about tobacco use among 
adolescents (National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2004, 2006, 2009, 
2011, 2012, 2013-2019, OMB Control No. 0920-0621, Exp. 04/30/2021). 
This surveillance activity builds on previous surveys funded by the 
American Legacy Foundation in 1999, 2000, and 2002.
    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, and 
information about racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco-related 
topics. 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 2021, 2022, and 2023. 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 
a digitally-based survey programmed onto tablets. Information 
supporting the NYTS also will be collected from state-, district-, and 
school-level administrators and teachers. During the 2021-2023 
timeframe, changes will be incorporated that reflect CDC's ongoing 
collaboration with FDA and the need to measure progress toward meeting 
strategic goals established by the Family Smoking Prevention and 
Tobacco Control Act. Information collection will occur annually and may 
include a number of new questions, as well as increased representation 
of minority youth.
    The survey will examine the following topics: Use of e-cigarettes, 
cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookahs, roll-your own-
cigarettes, pipes, snus, dissolvable tobacco, bidis, heated tobacco 
products, and nicotine pouches; knowledge and attitudes; media and 
advertising; access to tobacco products and enforcement of restrictions 
on access; secondhand smoke and e-cigarette aerosol exposure; provision 
of school- and community-based interventions, and cessation.
    Results of the NYTS will continue to be used to inform and evaluate 
the National Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program; provide data to 
inform the Department of Health and Human Service's Tobacco Control 
Strategic Action Plan, and provide national benchmark data for state-
level Youth Tobacco Surveys. Information collected through the NYTS 
also is expected to provide multiple measures and data for monitoring 
progress on seven tobacco-related objectives for Healthy People 2030.
    OMB approval will be requested for three years. 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      (in hr)
                                                                    respondent          hr)
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State Administrators..........  State-level                   33               1           30/60              17
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 NYTS.
District Administrators.......  District-level               253               1           30/60             127
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 NYTS.
School Administrators.........  School-level                 281               1           30/60             141
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 NYTS.
Teachers......................  Data Collection            1,177               1           15/60             295
                                 Checklist.
Students......................  National Youth            24,000               1           45/60          18,000
                                 Tobacco Survey.
                                Cognitive                     40               1          120/60              80
                                 Testing.

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                                Survey Pre-tests              30               1           45/60              23
                                Testing                      300               1           10/60              50
                                 Activities.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          18,733
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
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