When should I move my houseplants indoor and what do you recommend prior to moving them in? Thanks. - L. D.

My classic date is the end of Oct. as the target date when tropical plants should be ready to be transported into protection from freeze/frost. This does not mean they have to be moved inside on Oct. 31st but I do recommend they be ready to … move by this date.

Eight other studies show making indoor workplaces and public places smoke-free results in sizable, rapid reductions in hospital admissions for heart attack

Dec. 31, 2008 - Heart attack hospitalizations in the city of Pueblo, Colorado fell sharply by more than 40 percent after the implementation of a municipal law making workplaces and public places smoke-free, and this decrease was sustained over a three-year period, according to a report in this week′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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