1.   A ban on using billboards for tobacco advertising also took effect Friday.

2.   A host of companies, including both Home Depot and Microsoft, are starting to use outdoor billboards to seek job candidates.

3.   Caskey said that complaints, mostly from Christian conservatives, have come from most cities where the billboards are used.

4.   On Long Island, for example, one recruiter was using billboards because it was competing for scarce talent.

5.   Some advertisers use billboards.

6.   The state even used billboards to inform families that insurance was available.

7.   What about using billboards to advertise exhibitions?

8.   City Hall and the city legislature will seek to establish new regulations and standards for billboards so that advertisers can begin using billboards again in May.