51.   The advertising restrictions were drafted by Health Minister David Dingwall in response to a Supreme Court ruling last year that struck down a total ban on tobacco ads.

52.   The EU nations debate imposing a blanket ban on tobacco ads.

53.   The EU sees no contradiction between its push to ban tobacco ads and its continued subsidies for tobacco farmers in EU nations.

54.   The new law allows some advertising, for example in magazines aimed primarily at adults, but prohibits tobacco ads on billboards, on TV and on radio.

55.   There are now national curbs on tobacco ads in all EU nations.

56.   The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a constitutional challenge of state curbs on tobacco ads.

57.   These compensated newspapers and magazines for revenue losses from tobacco ads.

58.   These compensated newspapers and magazines for revenue losses suffered when the government slapped a ban on tobacco ads.

59.   Tobacco ads already had been banned on television.

60.   While the billboards are gone, there are still large, colorful tobacco ads in convenience stores, at bus stops and elsewhere.