    [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 53379-53380]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2020-18995]

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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    [30Day-20-0621]

    Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

        In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
    for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
    collection request titled National Youth Tobacco Survey 2021-2023 to
    the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC
    previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public
    Comment and Recommendations'' notice on January 23, 2020 to obtain
    comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received six
    comments related to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an
    additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
        CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
    collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
    interested in comments that:
        (a) 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;
        (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies' estimate of the burden
    of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
    the methodology and assumptions used;
        (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
    be collected;
        (d) 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 submission of responses; and
        (e) Assess information collection costs.
        To request additional information on the proposed project or to
    obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
    (404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
    information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
    this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
    information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
    Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
    written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
    this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
    and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
    395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
    publication.

    Proposed Project

    National Youth Tobacco Survey 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, 2013-2020, 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. The total annualized burden is
    estimated to be 18,733 hours.

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                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                         Number of    Average burden
              Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                        respondents     respondent       (in hr.)
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    State Administrators..................  State-level Recruitment               33               1           30/60
                                             Script for the NYTS.
    District Administrators...............  District-level                       253               1           30/60
                                             Recruitment Script for
                                             the NYTS.
    School Administrators.................  School-level Recruitment             281               1           30/60
                                             Script for the NYTS.
    Teachers..............................  Data Collection                    1,177               1           15/60
                                             Checklist.
    Students..............................  National Youth Tobacco            24,000               1           45/60
                                             Survey.
                                            Cognitive Testing.......              40               1          120/60
                                            Survey Pre-tests........              30               1           45/60
                                            Testing Activities......             300               1           10/60
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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.
    [FR Doc. 2020-18995 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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