1 - In Europe by 1992 only Ireland had a complete ban on abortion.

2 - In 1989, with the elephant facing the threat of extinction, the nations of the world agreed to ban trade in Ivory.

3 - During the nineteenth century, women in the United States organized and participated in a large number of reform movements, including movements to reorganize the prison system, improve education, ban the sale of alcohol, and, most importantly, to free the slaves.

4 - India's tobacco control law calls for a ban on most forms of advertising, prohibition of smoking in public places, prominent (pictorial) health warnings on tobacco products, a ban on the sale of tobacco to people under 18 years of age, and testing of tobacco products for their emissions and ingredients.

5 - The ban on smoking in public places might also be supported by the fact that the inconvenience it causes smokers is very small.