FTC Cigarette and Smokeless
Tobacco Data Collection
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/26/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2023
25
15
3,046
2,940
0
0
The FTC already has approval to
request sales and marketing data from the largest cigarette and
smokeless tobacco companies. The Commission now proposes to modify
the existing collection instrument to seek information related to
heated, non-combusted tobacco products. The Commission proposes to
add question #12 to what was already approved by the Office of
Management and Budget. Heated, non-combusted cigarettes already
fall within the definition of cigarettes, which are covered by the
currently approved information collection. However, the electronic
devices in which such cigarettes are heated do not fall within the
definition of cigarettes, and thus are not covered by the approved
information collection. The FTC’s understanding of the overall
market for nicotine-based products is incomplete without more
information regarding the electronic devices that contain heated,
non-combusted cigarettes.
As noted above, the FTC’s
understanding of the overall market for nicotine-based products is
incomplete without more information regarding the electronic
devices that contain heated, non-combusted cigarettes. The
Commission proposes asking each cigarette manufacturing recipient
to state whether it sold heated, non-combusted, cigarettes during a
calendar year, and if so to report for the calendar year, the net
number of heating devices designed to be used with heated
cigarettes that it sold in the United States, the net dollar value
of such devices sold, the net number of such devices it gave away
in the United States, and the total amount it expended on the
advertising, merchandising, or promotion in the United States of
such devices. The proposed program change would add an estimated
106 annual hours of burden to the currently authorized 2,940 hours
per year under the existing clearance.
$25,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Michael Ostheimer 202 326-2699
mostheimer@ftc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.