1.   And soon some municipalities, like Baltimore, moved to ban tobacco billboards.

2.   After World War I, however, the city banned billboards in residential and scenic areas.

3.   Cigarette billboards are now banned from stadiums.

4.   He said he is fully expecting the city to ban billboards permanently, and acknowledged there is already a glut of billboards in Los Angeles.

5.   It bans billboards.

6.   Rhode Island and Oregon have measures banning new billboards, while Maine, Alaska, Hawaii and Vermont prohibit all billboards.

7.   The ban has not received as much publicity as proposals to ban billboards near schools and playgrounds and curtailing ads in magazines.

8.   The companies are on weaker ground arguing that point, analysts say, citing a recent appeals court decision upholding the right of Baltimore to ban some billboards.

9.   Tobacco billboards would be banned near schools and playgrounds, and ads would be restricted to black-and-white text on other billboards and in publications with a young readership.

10.   Under the program, new billboards are banned.