Mount Auburn
Hospital
OMS Tobacco Free Peer
Leadership Program.
Seventh grade students used a
method called Photovoice to
share what they want their peers
and people who live in Arlington
to know about their choice to be
tobacco free.
This is a sign of freedom. To be
tobacco free means being free from
the habit and able to do what I
want to do. I am tobacco free.
This is my bass guitar. I like to
spend my time playing music.
I choose to play the guitar and
I choose to be tobacco free.
I like to play sports. I know that if I
start to smoke it would affect my
ability to play to my full potential.
This is why I am tobacco free.
This is someone who might
smoke feeling like they are
trapped in their habit. If he
can reach outside he can see
that it is a clean, healthy, clear
environment. The outside
represents a smoke free
happiness. I can reach it
because I am tobacco free.
This picture I thought was cool because
the sun was beaming down, and I
thought how nice it was to be outside
with the clear air and bright skies, and
the clean and fresh atmosphere.
This is what tobacco free looks like.
I don’t want to waste my life
by smoking. It is easier to
manage a smoke-free life than
a smoke-full life.
This line started straight, and then hit curves in
the road. To me this represents the ways I have
made bad choices, but I have changed my path
to live a healthier smoke free life.
Program lead by Mount Auburn Hospital in partnership with Arlington Enrichment Collaborative and Arlington
Youth Health and Safety Coalition. Funding by the Elizabeth and George L. Sanborn Foundation