banning


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Synonyms for banning

an official prohibition or edict against something

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Americans without a gun in the home are more likely than those with a gun to favor banning assault rifles (46% vs.
Not all states are trending toward banning bans, however.
As of September 8, 2015, there were 2,181 football banning orders in force and, during the 2014-15 season, there were 1,874 football-related arrests.
Duterte said he would sign the EO banning smoking inside buildings nationwide after his trip to Brunei and China, but would still have to study with his Cabinet the economic impact of the proposed ban on firecrackers.
Perhaps the time has come to ban banning things and ban parties and individuals that ban and undermine people's wisdom.
He said that California was the first state in the world to ban smoking in public places in 1994 and we are still finding the positive impact of that ban by changing the social norm and having more homes and cities banning smoking.
The case for banning plastic bags can be accepted only with reservations.
"Banning smoking in designated areas is not a problem as long as they have designated areas for smokers.
Furthermore, Evans, Farrelly, and Montgomery noted that in their sample, there was a large increase between 1991 and 1993 in the fraction of workers employed by firms banning smoking in all work areas (from 61.7% in 1991 to 73.4% in 1993).
Recreation Director Frank DeSiata said he knows people who use personal watercraft such as Jet Skis on the lake, but said banning them will make recreation on and around the lake safer for the community as a whole.
Moreover, it's more than passing strange that so-called liberals are all for using the power of government and propaganda to force people to do what is supposed to be good for them in certain regards--say banning smoking or trans fats in restaurants.
He joined with fellow Democratic legislator Joan Voss to write a measure prohibiting "the force feeding of ducks, geese and other poultry for the production of foie gras" and began drafting another bill banning the production, distribution, and sale of foie gras anywhere in the state.
Organised religion (is that religion with well-ordered coffee mornings during the week?) and, for that matter, disorganised religion (whatever that may be) may have major faults - as anything involving human beings tends to - but banning it?!
Thai Airways followed the British lead by banning hand baggage on flights to the UK and limiting passengers to a few, select items to be carried in transparent plastic bags.
But banning junk food without other strategies and local decision-making is a superficial remedy that dilutes personal and local responsibilities.