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  • Celebrate Healthy Homes Month With Smoke Free Air!

    Teri Meche, Valley County Health Department|Jun 28, 2023

    Dear Editor, Each June, National Healthy Homes Month raises awareness on housing-related health hazards and the steps to take for safe, healthy homes. This year's theme is "Connecting Home, Health, and YOU" to highlight the important relationship between housing quality and health. One substantial way to maintain a healthy home is to keep it smoke free, whether it's a private home or an apartment. There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke exposure, and the home is the main place many children...