1.   Anti-tobacco activists have been lobbying for increases in state and federal taxes on cigarettes to discourage sale of the product.

2.   Association Vice President Andrea Herman said the wording was not intended to discourage sales of refurbished beds.

3.   Critics say the program is outmoded and needs overhaul because myriad red tape involved discourages some sales of farm products.

4.   Discouraging sales of these securities also hurts companies and investors, Wall Street executives said.

5.   His administration, meanwhile, pursued a new plan to begin regulating tobacco as a drug and to discourage sales of cigarettes to minors.

6.   In addition, Councilman Adrian Fenty said his constituents were eager to have cameras in neighborhoods so they could discourage drug sales.

7.   It is designed to discourage cigarette sales to the young in particular.

8.   Such hefty increases, partly a result of Japanese regulations, discourage sales of foreign cars in Japan.

9.   The United States has tried to discourage weapons sales to several countries that it considers dangerous, like Iraq, Libya and North Korea.

10.   They can discourage sales of apartments in a building and hurt commercial tenants whose businesses depend on visibility and accessibility.