MELBA Copland Secondary School student, Antonella Zlatar has won the 15th Australian Medical Association, ACT’s annual “Art In, Butt Out” competition.
Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith joined AMA president Prof Walter Abhayaratna in announcing the winning entry yesterday (October 27).
The competition is a long-running initiative of the AMA ACT and its Tobacco Task Force that sees year 8 students from around Canberra put their design and marketing skills to the test to come up with a poster aimed at reducing the number of young people who smoke.
Prof Abhayaratna said: “‘Art In, Butt Out’ encourages young people to think about their health and well-being and to support peer-to-peer education about the harmfulness of smoking and tobacco products… These students know what motivates their friends and how to most effectively convince them to make the smart choice.”
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