[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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