MELBA Copland Secondary School student, Antonella Zlatar has won the 15^th 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.”