Course Overview

The Real Health Impacts of Smoking

When most people think about smoking-related harm, lung cancer is usually the first thing that comes to mind. But the true damage caused by cigarettes goes far beyond the lungs — affecting blood vessels, the brain, pregnancy outcomes, and long-term disease risk in ways many people never hear about.

In Unfiltered: Inside the Smoke, Addiction Medicine Specialist Dr Ferghal Armstrong breaks down what smoking really does to the body — without scare tactics, spin, or sugar-coating.

Across six short, evidence-based episodes, this free course explains:

1. How modern cigarettes are engineered for addiction
2. The toxic chemicals smokers inhale with every cigarette
3. Why smoking damages blood vessels, not just lungs
4. The real links between smoking, cancer, and chronic disease
5. How smoking worsens asthma, COPD, and emphysema
6. The serious risks smoking poses during pregnancy

This course is designed to be accessible, factual, and empowering — whether you smoke, have quit, support someone who does, or simply want to understand the real health impacts of tobacco.