Public Comments / Response

Attachment 2b

Summary of Public Comments and CDC Response

Federal Register Notice: A 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2011, Vol. 76, No. 133, pp. 40914-40915.

Public Comment #1

From: usacitizen1 usacitizen1 [mailto:usacitizen1@live.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:54 PM
To: catino.conner@cdc.hhs.gov; OMB-Comments (CDC); speakerboehner@mail.house.gov; sf.nancy@mail.house.gov
Cc: americanvoices@mail.house.gov; president@whitehouse.gov; info@taxpayer.net; media@cagw.org
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT ON FEDERAL REGISTER FW: no more tax dollars spent on tobacco research - shut this down -sunset it

IT IS TIME TO STOP GOUGING TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR "MESSAGES" TO TOBACCO SMOKERS. IT IS TIME TO SHUT THIS DOOR, IT IS TIME TO SUNSET THIS PROJECT AT CDC. THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTRY DO NOT WANT TO PAY HIGH TAXES ON THIS ISSUE ANYMORE. IT IS A DEAD ISSUE FROM 1950. THOSE WHO WERE GOING TO STOP HAVE STOPPED. IT IS LEGAL TO SELL TOBACCO IN THIS COUNTRY. WHY DONT YOU MANDATE THAT THE TOBACCO PROFITEERS SEND OUT THE MESSAGE,S, NOT THE TAXPAYERS. WHAT DID THE TAXPAYERS DO THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM GOUGING THEM 50 YEARS AFTER IT WAS CLEAR TOBACCO KILLS? WHY ARE THE TAXPAEYRE BEING PUNISHED FOREVER WITH HIGH TAXES SO THIS WASHINGTON BUREAUCRATS CAN KEEP THEIR HIGH PAID JOBS DOING  NOTHING ALL DAY?

THIS BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE ZERO. DOWNSIZE THIS PROJECT PERSONNEL. AMERICAN TAXPAEYRS WANT SMALLER, CHEAPER, MORE PRODUCTIVE GOVT. THIS AGENCY IS STILL IN THE 1950S WHEN THIS IS 2011. THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN TAXED TO PAY FOR THESE STUPID SMOKERS FOR YEARS. ITS TIME TO STOP.

AMERICAN TAPAYERS DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THESE NON PRODUCTIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION SURVEYS. DONE BY HIGH PRICED WASHINGTON EMPLOYEES. IT IS TIME TO SHUT THE DOOR ON THIS PROPOSAL. IT IS LEGAL TO BUY CIGARETTES. UNTIL THEY BAN IT, PEOPLE WILL SMOKE. IT IS TIME TO GET THE CDC OUT OF THIS USELESS SPENDING OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON PAPERWORK LIKE THIS WHICH HELPS NOBODY.

GET THE TOBACCO PROFITEERS TO SEND OUT THE MESSAGES. MANDATE IT. STOP SENDING BILLS TO THE TAXPAEYRS OF AMERICA.
JEAN PUBLIC ADDRESS IF REQUIRED

Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:57:38 -0700
From: jeanpublic@yahoo.com
Subject: no more tax dollars spent on tobacco research - shut this down -sunset it
To: usacitizen1@live.com

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2011)]

[Notices]

[Pages 40914-40915]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2011-17420]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-11-11IN]

CDC Response to Public Comment #1

CDC provided a courtesy reply.

Public Comment #2

From: Berkowitz, Judy M [mailto:BERKOWITZJ@battelle.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:48 AM
To: OMB-Comments (CDC)
Subject: request for information

I would like to review the protocol and instruments for “Testing and Evaluation of Tobacco Communication Activities—New National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)” published in the Federal Register on July 12.  Would you be able to send electronic copies to berkowitzj@battelle.org?

Thank you.

Judy Berkowitz

404-460-1449

CDC Response to Public Comment #2

CDC provided a draft copy of the Information Collection Request and questionnaires.

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