Notice2026-07760
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
April 21, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on an information collection project titled National Quitline Data Warehouse. The National Quitline Data Warehouse (NQDW) collects a core set of information from all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Asian Smoker's Quitline regarding what services telephone quitlines offer to tobacco users, as well as the number and type of tobacco users who receive services from telephone quitlines.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21297-21299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07760]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-26-0856; Docket No. CDC-2026-0663]
Proposed Data Collection 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.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on an information collection project titled
National Quitline Data Warehouse. The National Quitline Data Warehouse
(NQDW) collects a core set of information from all U.S. states, the
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Asian Smoker's
Quitline regarding what services telephone quitlines offer to tobacco
users, as well as the number and type of tobacco users who receive
services from telephone quitlines.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 22, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2026-
0663 by either of the following methods:
[ballot] Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
[ballot] Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7118;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b7b5ba98bbbcbbf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d12101f3d1e191e531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>.
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;
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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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Quitline Data Warehouse (OMB Control No. 0920-0856)--
Reinstatement--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Since 2010, the National Quitline Data Warehouse (NQDW) has
collected a core set of information from the 50 U.S. states, the
District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico regarding what services
telephone quitlines offer to tobacco users as well as the number and
type of tobacco users who receive services from telephone quitlines.
The data collection was modified in 2015 to collect data from the Asian
Smokers' Quitline (ASQ) in addition to the other 53 states/territories
that provide data, and included five new questions to the NQDW Intake
Questionnaire to help CDC and states tailor quitline services to the
needs of its callers. Additionally, collection of the NQDW Services
Survey was changed from quarterly to semiannually in 2019.
The NQDW provides data on the general smoking population who
contact their state quitlines, but also allows for collection of
information about key subgroups of tobacco users who contact state
quitlines to better support cessation services. Data is collected on
tobacco users who received service from state telephone quitlines from
all funded U.S. states, territories, and the Asian Smokers' Quitline
(ASQ) through the NQDW Intake Questionnaire. The NQDW Seven-Month
Follow-up Questionnaire is administered to tobacco users who received
services from the ASQ only. Data on the quitline call volume, number of
tobacco users served, and the services offered by state quitlines will
be provided by state health department personnel who manage the
quitline, or their designee, such as contracted quitline service
providers, using the NQDW Quitline Services Survey. Data collected from
the NQDW is analyzed with simple descriptive data tabulations, and
trends are currently reported online through the CDC State Tobacco
Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System website. More complex
statistical analyses, including multivariate regression techniques will
be utilized to assess quitline outcomes such as quitline reach, service
utilization, how callers reported hearing about the quitline, and the
effectiveness of quitline promotions and the CDC Tips From Former
Smokers national tobacco education media campaigns on state quitline
call volume and tobacco users receiving services from state quitlines.
CDC uses the information collected by the NQDW for ongoing monitoring,
reporting, and evaluation related to state quitlines. Select data from
the NQDW are reported online through the CDC STATE System website
(<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/statesystem">http://www.cdc.gov/statesystem</a>).
OMB approval is requested for three years. Information will be
collected from all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the Asian Smokers' Quitline (ASQ). Participation in the
caller intake and follow-up interviews is voluntary for quitline
callers. The estimated burden is 10 minutes for a complete intake call
conducted with an individual who calls on their own behalf. The
estimated burden is one minute for a caller who requests information
for someone else, as these callers complete only a subset of questions
on the intake questionnaire. As a condition of funding (CDC-RFA-DP20-
2001), the 54 cooperative agreement awardees are required to submit
NQDW intake data quarterly, and services survey data semiannually. CDC
recognizes that awardees incur additional burden for preparing and
transmitting summary files with their de-identified caller intake and
follow-up data. This burden is acknowledged in the instructions for
transmitting the electronic data files.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 68,088 annual burden
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per respondent burden (in
respondent (in hours) hours)
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Quitline participants who contact NQDW Intake 405,053 1 10/60 67,509
the quitline for help for Questionnaire
themselves. (English-complete).
ASQ Intake 1,686 1 10/60 281
Questionnaire
(Chinese, Korean,
or Vietnamese-
complete).
ASQ Seven-Month 236 1 7/60 28
Follow-up
Questionnaire.
Participants who contact the NQDW Intake 819 1 1/60 14
quitline on behalf of someone Questionnaire
else. (English-subset).
ASQ Intake 249 1 1/60 4
Questionnaire
(Chinese, Korean,
or Vietnamese-
subset).
Tobacco Control Manager or their Submission of NQDW 54 4 1 216
Designee/quitline Service Intake
Provider. Questionnaire
Electronic Data
File to CDC.
Submission of NQDW 1 1 1 1
(ASQ) Seven-Month
Follow-up
Electronic Data
File to CDC.
NQDW Quitline 54 2 20/60 36
Services Survey.
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Total......................... .................... ............ .............. ........... 68,088
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2026-07760 Filed 4-20-26; 8:45 am]
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