Electronic Records Pertaining to Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Related Health Issues
Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division Reference Report
IntroductionRecord Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census
Record Group 220: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards
Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Record Group 442: Records of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Record Group 443: Records of the Department of Health and Human Services
Collection ICPSR: Records of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Related Data Files
Related Information
Contact Information
Introduction:
This reference report provides an overview of the electronic data records in the custody of the Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division that contain information about tobacco use and the health effects of tobacco usage. Please note that any personal identifiers in the records have either been deleted or otherwise masked so particular individuals cannot be identified.
Researchers may order copies of these computerized data files on removable media for a cost-recovery fee and analyze the records directly, using their own hardware and software. For more information see: Ordering Information for Electronic Records. Note that the following are descriptions of records, or series titles for records, in the custody of the division. Therefore, all records described are computerized data files.
Descriptions of the series and data files listed in this report are in NARA's Archival Research Catalog (ARC), which can be searched by title, ARC identification number (ARC ID), type of archival material, or keyword.
Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census
- Current Population Survey (CPS): Topical Supplement Files, 8/1967 -
ARC ID: 571948
- Smoking and Tobacco Use Supplements
Data Files: 1 data file per survey
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey
Questions regarding smoking habits are included in the CPS on a regular basis. The data collected include frequency of smoking, form of tobacco used, and age started smoking, attempts to stop smoking, physician/dentist warnings to stop smoking, and workplace policies on smoking. The supplements also record attitudes toward smoking in public places, smoking at home, the addictive or non-addictive nature of tobacco, the availability of tobacco to minors, and the advertising and promotion of tobacco products.
- Smoking and Tobacco Use Supplements
Record Group 220: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards
- National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse: Surveys of the Attitudes of Adults and Juveniles on Drug Use and Abuse, 1971-1972
ARC ID: 644647
Data Files: 4
Technical Documentation: 80 pages (also available on 4 microfiche)
Questions included in the surveys about tobacco use include: whether respondents have ever heard about tobacco and whether it can be harmful; whether tobacco is addictive; and questions about cigarette smoking habits (ever smoked, smoke at the present time, average number of cigarettes smoked daily, and whether they have ever tried to quit or cut down).
Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
- American Soldier in World War II Surveys, 1942-1945
ARC ID: 620483
Data Files: 276
Technical Documentation: Varies with study
This series contains World War II soldiers' responses to surveys on a variety of topics. Some of the questions regarding morale and rations include coded answers relating to tobacco and/or cigarettes. Questions concerning post-war occupational plans include coded answers for tobacco farming.
Record Group 442: Records of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Adult Use of Tobacco Survey (AUTS), 1986
ARC ID: 607143
Data Files: 1
Technical Documentation: 315 pages
This series contains information on a variety of tobacco delivery products, including snuff, chewing tobacco, cigarettes, and cigars, and the frequency and amount of use of such products by respondents. It also includes data about the respondents' knowledge of health-related risks, the respondents' attempts to cease using tobacco products, and changes in warning labels on tobacco packages.
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1984 -
ARC ID: 607154
Data Files: 130
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey
This series contains information about the behaviors of the adult population that pose risks to an individual's well-being including the use of tobacco products.
- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2001 -
ARC ID: 654330
Data Files: 1
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey; includes electronic documentation
The survey contains patient information from visits to physicians' offices. Data are available on the patient's smoking habits, reason for the visit, the physician's diagnosis, and the kinds of diagnostic and therapeutic services rendered.
- Natality Detail File, 1968 -
ARC ID: 630944
Data Files: 46
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey; includes electronic documentation
This series contains information gathered from birth certificates registered in the United States. The records include clinical information on prenatal care and risk factors such as tobacco use, alcohol use, and weight gain during pregnancy.
- National Registry of Persons Exposed to Toxic or Hazardous Substances Files, 1986-1999
ARC ID: 624422
Data Files: 28
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey; includes electronic documentation
This series contains information on persons exposed to or potentially exposed to hazardous toxic substances. The data contains health information and tobacco use.
- National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS), 1969 -
ARC ID: 605240
Data Files: 240
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey; includes electronic documentation
This series contains sample data on the health of the civilian population of the United States including annual topical supplements with questions on diseases and medical conditions such as cancer and smoking.
- National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), 1973 -
ARC ID: 570338
Data Files: 8
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey
The agency collected these data in order to obtain national level information on family formation and dissolution, contraception, infertility, and the health of women and infants in the United States and it includes data on respondents' tobacco usage.
- Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS), 1978 -
ARC ID: 617237
Data Files: 4
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey
This series contains data collected by state and local health clinics from pregnant women who participated in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). This health and social survey includes information on prenatal risk factors including smoking and alcohol consumption.
Record Group 443: Records of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
- Epidemiologic Studies of Occupational Groups Files, 1982 - ca. 2000
- U.S. Veterans Mortality Study, 1952-1980
ARC ID: 1150924
Data Files: 1
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey; includes electronic documentation
This file contains data measuring the relationship between adult smoking behavior and lung cancer as well as other causes of death.
- U.S. Veterans Mortality Study, 1952-1980
- Social, Epidemiology Study of Black/White Survival, 1985-1987, 1996 Follow-Up Black/White Cancer Survival Study Files of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, 1985-1987
ARC ID: 1151109
Data Files: 22
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey; includes electronic documentation
The agency conducted this study to examine the possible social, behavioral, and biological determinants of disparities in cancer survival between black and white cancer patients. Survey questions cover tobacco use.
- National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey File (NLAES)
ARC ID: 598151
Data Files: 1
Technical Documentation: 300
This series contains information on alcohol use and drug use, alcohol and drug abuse and dependence, family history of alcoholism, mental illness, tobacco use, alcohol and drug-related medical conditions, and treatment of alcoholics and drug rehabilitation in the American population.
- Oral Health Survey Files, 1979 - 1987
- National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. School Children Data File, 1986-1987
ARC ID: 648480
Data Files: 1
Technical Documentation: 370
This file contains data from a survey specifically designed to monitor national progress in eliminating dental caries as a major public health problem. Data also include the history and current use of tobacco and alcohol products for students in grades 6 through 12.
- National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. School Children Data File, 1986-1987
- Collaborative Perinatal Project Files (CPP), 1959 - 1974
ARC ID: 606622
Data Files: 32
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey (also available on 75 microfiche)
The study sought to link any later appearance of physical or neurological disorder to patterns during the perinatal period in order to develop strategies for prevention and intervention. In relation to the subject of tobacco, medical information in the records also includes a sketch of the woman's smoking history and consists of the following: 1) number of packs smoked, 2) number of years smoked, 3) age at which smoking began, 4) age at which smoking stopped, 5) largest daily amount smoked, 6) number smoked now, 7) cigarettes per day now, and 8) number of years smoked at registration.
Collection ICPSR: Records of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
- Study of Consumer Purchases in the United States Files, 1935-1936
ARC ID: 649259
Data Files: 5
Technical Documentation: Varies per survey; includes electronic documentation
This series contains data from national surveys taken in 1935-1936 of a sample of all families, on the earning and spending habits of inhabitants of large and small cities, villages, and farms. Records contain detail data on all household income sources and expenditures, including tobacco use.
Other Related Data Files
The following is a list of other series in the custody of Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division that contain or potentially contain data related to the production and trade of tobacco and tobacco-related commodities or to the health effects of tobacco usage.
Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census- U.S. Import and Export Data since 1964; Export Non Con Data Bank (EA 694 & 695) [Annual Trade Summaries Between the U.S. and U.S. Possessions] (ARC ID: 566340)
- Census of Agriculture Summary Files, 1974-1987 (ARC ID: 571510)
- Census of Agriculture, 1987 (ARC ID: 571518)
- Annual Survey of Manufactures Summary Files, 1976- (ARC ID: 575562)
- Census of Manufactures, 1972- (ARC ID: 574852)
- County Business Patterns, 1974- (ARC ID: 613576)
- County and City Data Book (CCDB) (ARC ID: 625278)
- Census of Agriculture 1949-1974 (ARC ID: 603946)
- Published Estimates Database, 1866-1992 (ARC ID: 601816)
- Input-Output Benchmark Computer Work Files, 1963-1977 (ARC ID: 650410)
- Regional Economic Information System (REIS), 1988 release (ARC ID: 617473)
- Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1984-1990 (ARC ID: 623173)
- National Health [and Nutrition] Examination Surveys, 1963 (ARC ID: 1353817)
- National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS), 1988 (ARC ID: 1350335)
- Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE), 1982-1990 (ARC ID: 605138)
- Health Insurance Experiment, 1974-1982 (ARC ID: 604860)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys, 1996- (ARC ID: 631349)
- National Medical [Care] Expenditure Surveys, 1977- (ARC ID: 602355)
Related Information
Reference Information Paper 78, A Finding Aid to Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II ("The American Soldier" Surveys), at: http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/78/.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) provides an Internet version of the Published Estimates Database (IPEDB) database at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/. The IPEDB contains data on tobacco production in the U.S. beginning in 1866.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a number of programs that provide statistical data related to smoking and tobacco use at: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/index.htm and at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/smoking.htm.
The National Cancer Institute website has links to statistical data on tobacco, tobacco use, and cancer at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/smoking.
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February 2008
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