The 2010-2011 TUS-CPS conducted by the
Census Bureau will collect data from the U.S. civilian
non-institutionalized population on smoking, other tobacco use, and
attempts at cessation; policy information such as home and
workplace smoking policies; health professional advice to stop
smoking; and changes in smoking norms and attitudes. The TUS-CPS
will be and has been in the past a key source of national, state,
and some local-level data on these topics in U.S. households
because it uses a large, nationally representative sample. This
survey is part of a continuing series of surveys (OMB#- 0925-0368)
that were sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) and has been
administered triennially as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's and
the Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPS. The TUS-CPS has been fielded
since 1992, most recently in 2006-07, and its data are available
for public use. Government agencies, other researchers and the
public can use the data to monitor progress in the control of
tobacco use, conduct tobacco-related research, evaluate tobacco
control programs, examine tobacco-use-related health disparities,
and use this data to help determine services that need to be
provided. A unique feature is the ability to link other social and
economic Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics data and
other sponsor-supported supplement data to the TUS-CPS data. Much
of this data can also be linked to cancer and other cause-specific
mortality data through the National Longitudinal Mortality Study.
Data will be collected in May 2010, August 2010, January 2011, and
May 2011 from approximately 265,000 respondents. The May 2011
Follow-Up questionnaire will consist of an abbreviated version of
the main 2010-2011 questionnaire given to half of the May 2010
sample. It will provide estimates for demographic subgroups, and
groups of states, as well as national estimates.
This is a program change of OMB
#0925-0368, the Tobacco Use Supplement to the CPS. This information
collection is being submitted as a reinstatement due to the fact
that the Census Bureau collects information approximately every 3-4
years and NCI is unable to submit an earlier information collection
request because the survey(s) have not yet been finalized. The
annual hours requested for this project are estimated to be 15,000
burden hours per year, for a total of 45,000 hours over the 3 year
clearance period. The current burden hours, since this is a
reinstated request, is 0. The annual burden based on the 2006
submission was 11,106 hours. This increase in burden hours from the
previous submission represents NCI's decision to field a slightly
longer instrument and a May 2011 Follow-Up survey. The May 2011
Follow-Up survey will include about 1500 hours annually. The
Follow-Up survey will be re-administered to a subset of
respondents, as part of their regular CPS participation 12 months
later. The timing of the main 2010-2011 TUS-CPS and the May 2011
Follow-Up will afford an unique, efficient, and critical
opportunity to address a number of research questions that can only
be answered through use of a repeated, longitudinal design.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.