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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

(in hours) 

State Public Health Director ........................................................ Interview Guide ...... 6 1 75/60 8 

State Public Health Manager ...................................................... Interview Guide ...... 11 1 75/60 14 

State Medicaid Director ............................................................... Interview Guide ...... 6 1 75/60 8 

State Medicaid Manager ............................................................. Interview Guide ...... 6 1 75/60 8 

Total ...................................................................................... ................................ .................... .................... .................... 38 

Leroy A. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–17–0621; Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0092] 

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. 

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 proposed revision of 

the information collection project 

entitled National Youth Tobacco 

Surveys (NYTS) 2018–2020, which aims 

to collect data on tobacco use among 

middle- and high school students. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 12, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0092 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

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 Federal 

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 Leroy A. 

Richardson, Information Collection 

Review Office, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 

30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email: 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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 the 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 Surveys 

(NYTS) 2018–2020 (OMB Control 

Number 0920–0621, expires 01/31/ 

2018)—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, 

2013–2017, OMB Control Number 

0920–0621). 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 


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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. CDC uses the information 

collected through the NYTS 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 2018, 2019, and 2020. CDC 

will conduct the survey among 

nationally representative samples of 

students attending public and private 

schools in grades 6–12, and administer 

to students either as an optically 

scannable booklet of multiple-choice 

questions or as a digitally-based survey. 

CDC will also collect information 

supporting the NYTS from state-, 

district-, and school-level administrators 

and teachers. During the 2018–2020 

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 cigarettes, 

cigars, smokeless tobacco, electronic 

cigarettes, hookahs, pipes, bidis, snus, 

and dissolvable tobacco products; 

knowledge and attitudes; media and 

advertising; access to tobacco products 

and enforcement of restrictions on 

access; secondhand smoke including ecigarette aerosol exposure; provision of 

school- and community-based 

interventions, and cessation. 

CDC will continue to use the results 

of the NYTS 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. CDC also expects the 

information collected through the NYTS 

to provide multiple measures and data 

for monitoring progress on six of the 20 

tobacco-related objectives (TU–2, 3, 7, 

11, 18, and 19) for Healthy People 2020. 

CDC seeks to request a three-year 

OMB approval. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

State Administrators .......................... State-level Recruitment Script for 

the NYTS.

38 1 30/60 19 

District Administrators ....................... District-level Recruitment Script for 

the NYTS.

153 1 30/60 77 

School Administrators ....................... School-level Recruitment Script for 

the NYTS.

240 1 30/60 120 

Teachers ........................................... Data Collection Checklist ................. 973 1 15/60 243 

Students ............................................ National Youth Tobacco Survey ...... 24,000 1 45/60 18,000 

Testing Activities .............................. 150 1 31/60 78 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 18,537 

Leroy A. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–17–0728] 

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 

Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System 

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 December 26, 2016 to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. CDC received one comment 

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 

agency’s 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 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 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., 


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