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Largo considers tobacco-free hiring : Largo Leader - Tampa Bay Newspapers 

Largo officials are moving toward being the first of the large municipalities in Pinellas County to establish a tobacco-free hiring policy.

They say that hiring people who don't smoke is a proactive policy, affecting future medical claims.

"In this day and age when we are looking at managing our health-care claims, we thought that it would be important at this point in time to propose this tobacco-free hiring policy," said Susan Sinz, Largo human resources director, at a July 6 commission meeting.

She pointed out that smoking causes a loss in employee productivity.

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