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Adoption, Health Impact and Cost of Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Policies

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and women’s health, child well-being,
and marriage and the family; academic
researchers in the social and public
health sciences; journalists, and many
others.

No questionnaire changes are
requested in the first 15 months of this
clearance; some limited changes may be
requested after that, to be responsive to
emerging public policy issues.

There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 7,192.

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses

Respondents/Instrument

Screener ....................................................................................................................................
Female Interview .......................................................................................................................
Male Interview ............................................................................................................................
Verification .................................................................................................................................

Dated: March 19, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of the Associate Director for Science (OADS),
Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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Prevention
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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 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Ron Otten, at 1600 Clifton
Road, MS D–74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an email 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

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technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Adoption, Health Impact and Cost of
Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing—
New—National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP) and National
Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The health risks associated with
cigarette smoking and exposure to
Secondhand Smoke (SHS) are well
established. In 2006, the Surgeon
General’s report documented that over
the past two decades, the scientific,
engineering and medical literature have
established a wide range of adverse
health effects from SHS, including
cardiovascular disease, lung, breast and
nasal sinus cancer, asthma and other
respiratory illnesses, and low birth
weight and sudden infant death
syndrome in newborn babies. SHS
exposure is estimated to result in $5
billion a year in direct medical costs
and an additional $5 billion in indirect
costs in the U.S. The Surgeon General’s
report concluded that there is no safe
level of exposure to SHS.
Approximately 85 million Americans
reside in multi-unit housing (MUH)
facilities, which comprise nearly 30% of
all housing in the U.S. There are
significant challenges to maintaining a
smoke-free environment in MUH
residential settings. Although residents
may choose not to smoke, they may still
be exposed to SHS through the routine
operation of facility-wide heating,
ventilating and air conditioning
systems.
The private sector has begun to
institute smoke-free policies in MUH on
a voluntary basis through changes in
leasing agreements and advertising,

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14,000
2,750
2,250
1,400

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Responses
per
respondent
1
1
1
1

3/60
1.5
1
5/60

however, smoking restrictions in MUH
have largely been limited to common
areas and spaces, not individual
dwelling units. There are no studies that
have examined the impact of smoke free
policies by comparing pre- and post
SHS exposure and changes in health
outcomes after local governments adopt
regulatory policies that protect residents
from the effects of exposure to SHS in
their housing units.
CDC proposes to conduct a study to
address the gap in scientific evidence
about the impact of jurisdiction-wide
strategies (hereafter known as smokefree MUH policies) to protect
individuals from SHS in MUH settings.
Through the collection and analysis of
environmental and biometric data, the
study will demonstrate how SHS
exposure can be measured and will
quantify how exposure changes when
smoke-free policies are implemented. In
addition, the study will examine
barriers and facilitators to
implementation of smoke-free policies
in MUH and the cost-effectiveness of
these policies. CDC is authorized to
conduct this investigation by the Public
Health Service Act. The activities are
funded through the Prevention and
Public Health Fund of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act,
which is designed to expand and
sustain the necessary infrastructure for
preventing disease, detecting it early,
and managing conditions before they
become severe.
The proposed study consists of two
components. The first component
involves data collection in Los Angeles
County, California, and includes a
number of ‘‘intervention’’ communities
that have adopted, or are scheduled to
adopt, smoke-free MUH laws by mid2012, as well as ‘‘comparison’’
communities that have not adopted laws
regulating SHS in MUH. Communities
being considered for participation in the
study as intervention communities
include Culver City, Huntington Park,

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Lawndale, Sierra Madre, San Fernando,
San Gabriel, Carson, Artesia, and
Hawthorne. Communities being
considered for participation in the study
as comparison communities include
Temple City, Hawaiian Gardens,
Monrovia, Maywood, Alhambra, La
Puente, Monterey Park, Inglewood, and
San Dimas.
The availability of both intervention
and comparison communities will
enable use of a quasi-experimental,
baseline and follow-up study design for
examining the impact of smoke-free
policies in MUH. Over a period of two
years, a sample of 500 MUH residents
and 130 MUH operators will be selected
from intervention cities and a
comparable sample of 500 MUH
residents and 130 MUH operators will
be selected from comparison cities.
Baseline and follow-up surveys will be
conducted involving MUH operators,
MUH residents, and parents of children

data sources for this component of the
study will be (a) quantitative data
obtained from interviews with 12 MUH
operators (4 operators in the three study
locations, using the same questionnaire
as Los Angeles County); (b) qualitative
data from participants from up to 12
focus groups (an expected total of 120
residents); and (c) quantitative data on
the same residents from pre-focus group
questionnaires. Results from studies in
these three geographic areas and from
cities in Los Angeles County, will
provide insights more useful at the
national population level than results
based solely on information collected in
Los Angeles County.
OMB approval is requested for two
years, with first data collection
beginning approximately May 2012.
Participation is voluntary. The only cost
to respondents is their time.

who reside in MUH facilities. Also,
MUH residents will be recruited to
collect environmental air quality data,
and both parents and children who
reside in MUH facilities will be
recruited to provide saliva samples.
These samples will be analyzed for the
presence of cotinine, a biomarker of
exposure to SHS.
The second component of the study
will involve focus groups in Maine,
Minnesota, and Florida—states have
adopted and implemented smoke-free
MUH policies for a longer period of
time, either as a response to local
regulations or voluntarily. A one-time
survey of MUH operators will be
conducted, and a sample of 12 MUH
operators will be selected from
communities in Minnesota, Maine, and
Florida. In addition, a total of 120
residents will be selected to participate
in short focus groups, with a maximum
of 4 focus groups per state. The primary

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Total
burden
(in hours)

Form name

MUH Operators in Los Angeles
County.

Telephone Script for Recruitment of
MUH Operators in Los Angeles
County.
MUH Operators Survey ....................
Telephone Script for Recruitment of
MUH Operators in MN, ME, FL.
MUH Operators Survey ....................
MUH Residents Survey-Core ...........

130

5/60

130
6

2
1

75/60
10/60

325
1

6
500

1
2

75/60
45/60

8
750

MUH Residents Survey-Supplement—Survey of Child’s Health.
Saliva Cotinine Samples (Adult) ......
Saliva Cotinine Samples (Child) ......
Airborne Particle Monitoring Diary ...
Telephone
Screening
Interview
Script for MUH Resident Focus
Groups.
Resident Pre-Focus Group Demographic and Attitudinal Survey.
MUH
Resident
Focus
Group
Guide—Process Oriented.
MUH
Resident
Focus
Group
Guide—Outcome Oriented.

250

15/60

125

500
250
100
60

2
2
1
1

10/60
10/60
75/60
10/60

167
83
125
10

5/60

........................

1,730

MUH Operators in Minnesota, Maine
and Florida.
MUH Residents in Los Angeles
County.

MUH Residents in Minnesota, Maine
and Florida.

Total ...........................................

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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Number of
responses per
respondent

Type of respondent

Dated: March 19, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of the Associate Director for Science (OADS),
Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60-Day–12–11EC]

[FR Doc. 2012–7024 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations

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In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the