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Tobacco policy starting Thursday  

Starting Thursday, city employees in Ocean Springs will have to go tobacco-free while they're on the clock, under a rule enacted to save on insurance costs.

Ocean Springs was facing a 3 percent increase on its health insurance policy without such a rule, according to Mindy McDowell, human resources manager. That would have amounted to $30,000 per year.

Public buildings in the city are already smoke-free, but the new rule extends that provision to include all forms tobacco and will be in effect wherever an employee is working, inside or out.

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