Unfiltered: Inside the Smoke

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:

• How modern cigarettes are engineered for addiction
• The toxic chemicals smokers inhale with every cigarette
• Why smoking damages blood vessels, not just lungs
• The real links between smoking, cancer, and chronic disease
• How smoking worsens asthma, COPD, and emphysema
• 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.