Pia Tus-cps

06.3 HHS PIA Summary for Posting (Form) / NIH NCI Tobacco Use
Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
PIA SUMMARY AND APPROVAL COMBINED
PIA Summary
Is this a new PIA 2011? No
If this is an existing PIA, please provide a reason for revision: PIA Validation
1. Date of this Submission: 8/22/2012
2. OPDIV Name: NIH
3. Unique Project Identifier (UPI) Number: N/A
4. Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) Number (If response to Q.21 is Yes, a SORN
number is required for Q.4): N/A
5. OMB Information Collection Approval Number: 0925-0368
6. Other Identifying Number(s): No
7. System Name (Align with system Item name): Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current
Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
9. System Point of Contact (POC). The System POC is the person to whom questions about
the system and the responses to this PIA may be addressed: Anne Hartman
10. Provide an overview of the system: The Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current
Population Survey (TUS-CPS) is an NCI-sponsored survey of tobacco use that has been
administered by the US Census Bureau as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistic's Current
Population Survey in 1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-1999, 2000, 2001-2002, 2003, 2006-2007,
and will be fielded in 2010-2011 upon OMB’s approval of reinstatement with revision. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) co-sponsored with NCI the 2001-02, 2003,
and 2006-07 survey waves.
The main data can be requested from the Census Bureau Website. A link to the Census Bureau
Website ordering page is provided from the DCCPS Website: riskfactor.cancer.gov/studies/tuscps/info.html.
13. Indicate if the system is new or an existing one being modified: Existing
17. Does/Will the system collect, maintain (store), disseminate and/or pass through PII
within any database(s), record(s), file(s) or website(s) hosted by this system? (Note: This
question seeks to identify any, and all, personal information associated with the system.
This includes any PII, whether or not it is subject to the Privacy Act, whether the
individuals are employees, the public, research subjects, or business partners, and whether
provided voluntarily or collected by mandate. Later questions will try to understand the
character of the data and its applicability to the requirements under the Privacy Act or
other legislation. Does/Will the system collect, maintain (store), disseminate and/or pass
through PII within any database(s), record(s), file(s) or website(s) hosted by this system?):
No

21. Is the system subject to the Privacy Act? (If response to Q.19 is Yes, response to Q.21
must be Yes and a SORN number is required for Q.4): No
23. If the system shares or discloses IIF please specify with whom and for what purpose(s):
N/A
30. Please describe in detail: (1) the information the agency will collect, maintain, or
disseminate; (2) why and for what purpose the agency will use the information; (3) in this
description, explicitly indicate whether the information contains PII; and (4) whether
submission of personal information is voluntary or mandatory: There is no PII in the
system. The TUS-CPS is a key source of national and state level data on smoking and other
tobacco use in the US household population because it uses a large, nationally representative
sample that contains information on about 240,000 individuals within a given survey period.
The TUS-CPS generally contains items covering:
cigarette smoking prevalence and history,
current and past cigarette consumption,
cigarette smoking quit attempts and intentions to quit,
medical and dental advice to quit smoking,
cigar, pipe, chewing tobacco, and snuff use,
workplace smoking policies,
smoking rules in the home,
attitudes toward smoking in public places,
opinions about the degree of youth access to tobacco in the community (1992 - 2002),
attitudes toward advertising and promotion of tobacco (1992 - 2002),
cost and purchase of cigarettes (2003-),
treatments and methods used to try to quit/quit smoking cigarettes (2003, 2010-2011),
use of harm reduction products (2003, 2006-07).
31. Please describe in detail any processes in place to: (1) notify and obtain consent from
the individuals whose PII is in the system when major changes occur to the system (e.g.,
disclosure and/or data uses have changed since the notice at the time of the original
collection); (2) notify and obtain consent from individuals regarding what PII is being
collected from them; and (3) how the information will be used or shared.
(Note: Please describe in what format individuals will be given notice of consent [e.g.,
written notice, electronic notice, etc.]) No PII in the system.
32. Does the system host a website? (Note: If the system hosts a website, the Website
Hosting Practices section is required to be completed regardless of the presence of PII):
Yes
37. Does the website have any information or pages directed at children under the age of
thirteen?:
50. Are there policies or guidelines in place with regard to the retention and destruction of
PII? (Refer to the C&A package and/or the Records Retention and Destruction section in
SORN):

54. Briefly describe in detail how the IIF will be secured on the system using
administrative, technical, and physical controls.: No PII in the system.
PIA Approval
PIA Reviewer Approval: Promote
PIA Reviewer Name: Suzy Milliard
Sr. Official for Privacy Approval: Promote
Sr. Official for Privacy Name: Karen Plá
Sign-off Date: 9/28/2012
Approved for Web Publishing: Yes
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