2014-27836. Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH)

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee.

Time and Date: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 16, 2014.

Place: Capital Hilton, Federal AB Rooms located at 1001 16th Street NW., Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: [phone].

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space and telephone lines available. Participants that would like to attend in person are encouraged to register with the contact person listed below. If you will require a sign language interpreter, or have other special needs, please notify the contact person by 4:30 p.m. EST on December 11, 2014.

Limited teleconference access is also available.

Login information is as follows:

Toll Free Phone#: [phone].

For Public:

Conference number: PW9452765.

Participant passcode: 3074156.

Participant URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/​nc/​join/​.

Participants can join the event directly at: https://www.mymeetings.com/​nc/​join.php?​i=​PW9452765&​p=​3074156&​t=​c.

Purpose: The committee advises the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Assistant Secretary for Health in the (a) coordination of all research and education programs and other activities within the Department and with other federal, state, local and private agencies, and (b) establishment and maintenance of liaison with appropriate private entities, federal agencies, and state and local public health agencies with respect to smoking and health activities.

Matters for Discussion: The topic of the meeting is “Preventing and Reducing Tobacco Use in Youth and Young Adults” and the objective is to identify specific federal actions that can be taken to prevent 5.6 million premature deaths from tobacco use among today's youth.

Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program information as well as summaries of the meeting and roster of committee members may be obtained from the Internet at www.cdc.gov/​tobacco or from Ms. Monica L. Swann, Management and Program Analyst, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 395 E. Street SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: [phone].

The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Elaine Baker,

Director, Management Analysis and Service Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.