Attachment C - Public comments and responses

APPENDIX C

National Quitline Data Warehouse

Summary of Public Comments and CDC Response

Federal Register Notice: A 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register on March 1, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 39, pp. 9224-9225.

CDC received 3 public comments in response to the Federal Register Notice

Public Comment #1

From: jean public [mailto:usacitizen1@live.com]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:21 PM
To: OMB-Comments (CDC); americanvoices@mail.house.gov; comments@whitehouse.gov; info@taxpayer.net
Cc: media@cagw.org; info@starmagazine.com
Subject: public comment on federal register

this project is a complete waste of tax dollars. this entire project shuodl be shut down. the smokers are smoking because they want to smoke. they dont need more inforamtion or anything else. they can buy anti smoking drugs if they want them. these funds should go to autism research. those kids didnt do anything to be born with problems, and that is a far better way to use these tax dollars.

what a waste bureaucracyin skanky corrupt washington dc brings about. smoking is legal and i see no reason tow aste the tax dollars of all of usi in this program.
jean upblic 15 elm st florham park nj 07932

[Federal Register: March 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 39)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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CDC Response to Public Comment #1

CDC provided a courtesy acknowledgement.

Public Comment #2

From: Holdridge, Elaine [mailto:ElaineHoldridge@oasas.state.ny.us]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:45 AM
To: OMB-Comments (CDC)
Subject: Federal Register/Vol. 75, No. 39/Monday, March 1, 2010/Notices National Quitline Data Warehouse-New

Hi,

I am attaching a notice from the Federal Register for the proposed project: National Quitline Data Warehouse-New

Is there a data collection package available for review?

Thank you for your assistance.

Elaine

Elaine Holdridge

Grants Administrator 1

Grants Management and Federal Policy

NYS OASAS

1450 Western Avenue

Albany, NY 12203

Telephone: (518) 485-0510  Fax: (518) 485-5228

Grant and Funding Opportunities please visit: http://www.oasas.state.ny.us/hps/grants/grants.cfm 

CDC Response to Public Comment #2

CDC provided draft copies of the Information Collection Request and information collection instruments.

Public Comment #3

See Attachment.

CDC Response to Public Comment #3

CDC acknowledges the value of these two questions. Because all the questions on the Intake Questionnaire are based on NAQC’s MDS that leaders and experts in the fields of tobacco use cessation and quitline intervention agreed upon and tested, no changes were made to the NQDW intake questions. However, CDC is aware that NAQC has formed a workgroup of experts in mental health and addiction to begin formulating ideas on how these issues can be addressed by guidelines including potentially assessing these topics in questionnaires. CDC will continue to track the progress and outcomes of this workgroup and if needed revise the Intake Questionnaire. In addition, states have the option of adding their own questions as appropriate. For example, currently 27 states are already collecting information on chronic disease status at intake. If a state’s target populations are those with mental health and/or other chronic conditions, they likely will add questions to assess these groups.

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