[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9901-9902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4514]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-10-0736)
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 or
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-
mail to [email protected].
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; and (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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Human Smoking Behavior Study (OMB No. 0920-0736, exp. 3/31/2010)--
Reinstatement with Change--National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Cigarettes are currently ranked as full-flavor, light or ultralight
on the basis of machine-measured levels of smoke toxins (yield
categories). The machine-based methods approximate human smoking
patterns under controlled conditions but may not accurately reflect
conditions of actual use, moreover, public health data have not
consistently shown differences in health outcomes among smokers of
cigarettes of different machine-smoked yield categories. Comparison of
cigarette smoke emissions using machine-smoking methods will continue
until something superior is developed, therefore, machine-smoking must
be adequately informed to yield results that better reflect human
smoking behavior.
In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
received OMB approval for a study designed to elucidate patterns of
human smoking behavior, quantify biomarkers of exposure to smoke toxins
under conditions of actual use, and determine how smoking behavior
modifies the relationship between cigarette yield category, biomarkers
of exposure, and measures of cardiovascular reactivity. The study has
been a collaborative endeavor involving the National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) and the National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). Information has been collected
from adult smokers of full-flavor, light and ultralight cigarettes,
however, the target number of respondents was not achieved during the
initial approval period.
CDC requests OMB approval to reinstate the information collection
after the expiration date (OMB No. 0920-0736, exp. 3/31/2010) in order
to meet recruitment goals and complete the data analysis as outlined in
the original approval. Respondents will be asked to participate in a
laboratory-based descriptive study of smoking behavior and analysis of
biomarkers of exposure. Respondents will make two visits to a
laboratory for measurements and complete a brief smoking diary during
the one-day interval between the two laboratory visits. Indicators of
smoking behavior such as ventilation pore-blocking behavior, puff
volume, puff duration, puff velocity and inter-puff interval will be
assessed. Measures of exposure to be assessed include expired-air
carbon monoxide boost, carcinogens, nicotine and its metabolites in
urine, cotinine in saliva and solanesol in cigarette butts as an
indicator of total smoke exposure.
The goals of this project are to characterize the range of human
smoking behavior for a variety of cigarette categories and machine-
smoked yields, and to estimate the levels of biomarkers of exposure
with the various cigarette styles.
CDC Requests OMB approval for two years. During this period there
will be a reduction in total burden due to the limited number of
respondents needed to complete the study. No changes to the data
collection instruments or the estimated burden per response are
proposed. Participation in the study is voluntary. There are no costs
to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Adult Smokers................. CATI Screener... 150 1 5/60 13
Visit 1 Screener 70 1 5/60 6
Smoking Diary... 61 1 10/60 10
Laboratory Visit 61 2 1 122
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 151
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Dated: February 25, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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