Also contributing to the flow is a further decline of the economy since a near-total ban on commercial flights and a ban on financial transactions with the United States.

There is a near-total ban on ocelot sales in order to discourage the commercialization of the rare animals.

The State Assembly has approved a near-total ban on assault weapons - the first time either house has done so.

Experts said it appeared that laws in the three places that have a near-total ban on abortion - Louisiana, Utah and the territory of Guam - would not stand.

It has a near-total ban on imports of high-value agricultural products, such as beef, frozen potatoes and alfalfa.

And this on top of a near-total ban on exercising dogs off-leash.

Sixty senators, including every member of the Senate who saw combat in Vietnam, have endorsed a near-total ban.

The House voted last month to retain a near-total ban on Mexican trucks on American roads outside a 20-mile-deep border area.

Before American intervention in Korean and Taiwanese markets, they point out, those countries enforced a near-total ban on tobacco advertising - television, newspapers, magazines and even billboards.

A near-total ban on abortion was passed on Guam, a territory of the United States, but enforcement was stayed by court action.