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Dr. Chizimuzo (Zim) Okoli is an assistant professor in the UK College of Nursing and he directs the Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Division of the Tobacco Policy Research Program. He has been involved in several studies addressing secondhand tobacco smoke exposure policy in indoor and outdoor public spaces as well as using biomarkers of tobacco exposure. More recently, he has conducted several studies evaluating tobacco dependence treatment among marginalized populations, often individuals with substance use disorders and/or psychiatric disorders. His particular interests include examining how sex and gender affect tobacco dependence treatment outcomes.

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Dr. Chizimuzo (Zim) Okoli is an assistant professor in the UK College of Nursing and he directs the Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Division of the Tobacco Policy Research Program. He has been involved in several studies addressing secondhand tobacco smoke exposure policy in indoor and outdoor public spaces as well as using biomarkers of tobacco exposure. More recently, he has conducted several studies evaluating tobacco dependence treatment among marginalized populations, often individuals with substance use disorders and/or psychiatric disorders. His particular interests include examining how sex and gender affect tobacco dependence treatment outcomes.

Present	Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky ‐ College of Nursing
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Present	Director, Tobacco Dependence Treatment and Prevention Division, Kentucky Tobacco Policy Research Program, University of Kentucky ‐ College of Nursing
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Mental and Social Health, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Nursing, and Public Health

Smoking Initiation, Tobacco Addiction, Tobacco Cessation, Tobacco Control and Smoke-Free Policies, and Secondhand Smoke Exposure

Excellence in Research/Scholarship Award, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, April 2013
Smoke-free excellence award, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Office of the Chief Medical Officer, November 2011
British Columbia Mental Health And Addictions Research Network travel bursary, October 2009
CIHR-Institute of Gender and Health Summer Research Institute Program, July 2009
Young Investigator’s Award to present at the 8th Asian Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco Triennial Conference, October 2007
Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Learning Opportunity Program, November 2007
Carolyn A. Williams Award, University of Kentucky College of Nursing Alumni Association, December 2006
Commonwealth Research Award, University of Kentucky, 2004
Nursing Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society, 2004
Jeffery’s Fellowship for Tobacco Research, University of Kentucky, 2004-2005

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Initial Impact of Tailored Web-Based Messages about Cigarette Smoke and ...

JMIR Research Protocols (2013)

Chris G. Richardson, Laura L. Struik, Kenneth C. Johnson, Pamela A. Ratner, et al.

BACKGROUND: Recent evidence indicates a causal link between both active smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and breast cancer (BC). ...

Initial Impact of Tailored Web-Based Messages About Cigarette Smoke and ...

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Research Protocols (2013)

Chris G. Richardson, Laura L. Struik, Kenneth C. Johnson, Pamela A. Ratner, et al.

Background: Recent evidence indicates a causal link between both active smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and breast cancer (BC). ...

Sex differences in smoking initiation among children and adolescents

Public Health (2013)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Lorraine Greaves and V. Fagyas

Objective: To understand differences in the context of, and reasons for, smoking initiation among boys and girls. Study design: Sex- ...

Does Household Structure Affect Adolescent Smoking?

Public Health Nursing (2012)

Neda Razaz-Rahmati, Sayed Reza Nourian and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

Objectives: To examine household structure when studying determinants of youth smoking, as the configuration of a family is an important ...

Gender Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Smoking among First Nations Adolescents

Journal of Aboriginal Health (2012)

Lorraine Greaves, Joy L. Johnson, Annie Qu, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, et al.

Smoking rates among Aboriginal adolescents are the highest of any population group in British Columbia, Canada. Recent studies suggest that ...

Empirical support for a multi-dimensional model of sensations experienced by ...

Addiction (2010)

Chris G. Richardson, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Pamela A. Ratner and Joy L. Johnson

Aims: To examine the dimensionality of sensations experienced during initial tobacco smoking. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Thirteen secondary schools located ...

Correlates of smoking among adolescents with asthma

Journal of Clinical Nursing (2010)

Su-Er Guo, Pamela A. Ratner, Joy L. Johnson, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, et al.

Aims and objective. This study examined the correlates of smoking among asthmatic adolescents to gain a better understanding of who ...

Non-smoking youths’ “perceived” addiction to tobacco is associated with their ...

Addictive Behaviors (2009)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson, Pamela A. Ratner and Joy L. Johnson

Smoking initiation places adolescents at risk for adult onset diseases, including heart disease, respiratory illness, and cancer. Adolescents that smoke ...

Do researcher-derived classifications of youths' smoking behavior correspond with youths ...

Addictive Behaviors (2009)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Pamela A. Ratner, Rebecca J. Haines, Kelli M. Sullivan, et al.

Aims: To describe the categories employed by researchers to describe adolescents' smoking behavior and to determine how these various categorizations ...

Is Exposure to Peer and Family Smoking Associated with Youths ...

6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health (2009)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson and Joy L. Johnson

Background: - Peers and family member’s smoking is associated with adolescent smoking. - Sensitivity to the initial smoking experience, determined ...

Adolescents' self-defined tobacco use status, marijuana use, and tobacco dependence

Addictive Behaviors (2008)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson, Pamela A. Ratner and Joy L. Johnson

Aims: To examine differences in tobacco use and dependence between adolescents who are and are not marijuana users. Design: Cross-sectional ...

An examination of the relationship between adolescents' initial smoking experience ...

Addictive Behaviors (2008)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson and Joy L. Johnson

Sensitivity to the initial smoking experience, upon initial smoking experimentation, is associated with youth smoking. We determined the association between ...

An examination of the smoking identities and taxonomies of smoking ...

Tobacco Control (2008)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson, Pamela A. Ratner and Joy L. Johnson

Objective: To address observations that the smoking identities of youth are valid descriptors of their smoking behaviour, we examined the ...

Unpublished Paper

Projected Smoking-Related Deaths Among U.S. Youth: A 2000 Update

ImpacTeen Research Papers (2002)

Ellen J. Hahn, Mary Kay Rayens, Frank J. Chaloupka, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, et al.

This paper projects the long term consequences of the rise in youth smoking in the 1990s by updating the state ...

Gender, Smoking and Tobacco Reduction and Cessation: A Scoping Review

International Journal for Equity in Health (2014)

Joan L. Bottorff, Rebecca Haines-Saah, Mary T. Kelly, John L. Oliffe, et al.

Considerations of how gender-related factors influence smoking first appeared over 20 years ago in the work of critical and feminist ...

Smoking Cessation Outcomes and Predictors Among Individuals With Co-occurring Substance ...

Journal of Dual Diagnosis (2014)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli and Milan Khara

Objective: Individuals with substance use and psychiatric disorders have a high prevalence of tobacco use disorders and are disproportionately affected ...

A Retrospective Review of Pilot Outcomes from an Out-patient Tobacco ...

Journal of Smoking Cessation (2014)

Milan Khara and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

Introduction: Due to the challenging nature of tobacco addiction, individuals with cardiac conditions often continue to smoke at high rates ...

The Gender-specific Association between Asthma and the Need to Smoke ...

Heart & Lung (2013)

Su-Er Guo, Pamela A. Ratner, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli and Joy L. Johnson

Objectives: To examine the associations between multidimensional tobacco dependence and youths' asthma status with gender as an effect modifier. Background: ...

Initial Impact of Tailored Web-Based Messages About Cigarette Smoke and ...

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Research Protocols (2013)

Chris G. Richardson, Laura L. Struik, Kenneth C. Johnson, Pamela A. Ratner, et al.

Background: Recent evidence indicates a causal link between both active smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and breast cancer (BC). ...

Outcomes of a tobacco treatment programme for individuals with severe ...

Journal of Smoking Cessation (2013)

Joy E. Masuhara, Tom Heah and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

Introduction: Individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses have a greater prevalence of smoking than the general population and are ...

Changes in Smoking Behaviours Following a Smokefree Legislation in Parks ...

BMJ Open (2013)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Andrew Johnson, Ann Pederson, Sarah Adkins, et al.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of an outdoor smokefree law in parks and on beaches on observed smoking in selected ...

Racially Classified Social Group Differences in Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine Dependence ...

Journal of Addictions Nursing (2013)

Mary Kay Rayens, Ellen J. Hahn, Anita Fernander and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

The purpose was to determine racially classified social group differences in smoking, nicotine dependence, and readiness to quit between African ...

Understanding and Treating Smoking Among Individuals with a Mental Illness

Nursing Presentations (2012)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

Background and significance Reasons for smoking among individuals living with a mental illness Smoking cessation treatment for individuals living with ...

Smoking on the Margins: An Equity Analysis of the Outcomes ...

Clean Air Coalition of BC series (2012)

Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli and Ann Pederson

Purpose: To analyze the health and health equity impact of the newly implemented smoke-free policy for Vancouver’s parks and beaches ...

Treatment Outcomes of a Tailored Smoking Cessation Programme for Individuals ...

UK National Smoking Cessation Conference (2012)

Milan Khara and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

Background: Individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) have disproportionately higher smoking prevalence and tobacco-related mortality than the general population. This ...