01-19422. Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health: Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting.

Name: Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH).

Date and Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., August 14, 2001.

Place: Secretary's Conference Room (Stonehenge) Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. Those who wish to attend 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 E.S.T. on August 7, 2001.

Purpose: The Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health 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 to be Discussed: The agenda will focus on tobacco cessation activities.

Contact Person for Additional Information: Substantive program information as well as summaries of the meeting and roster of committee members will be available on the Internet at www.cdc.gov/​tobacco in mid-September, or may be obtained from Ms. Monica L. Swann, Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health, Office on Smoking and Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 317B, Washington, DC., 20201, telephone [phone].

Due to difficulties in scheduling this meeting, and the necessity to meet publication deadlines, this notice is being published less than 15 days prior to meeting.

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.

Dated: July 26, 2001.

Carolyn J. Russell,

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