>>smnrg+(OP)
As much as I dislike advertising, I'd be very opposed to a ban on it. That would be too heavy of an infringement on free speech, and would eliminate the legitimately good things that advertising can do. And that's not even beginning to address the trickier-than-it-seems question of "what counts as advertising".
I'd prefer to see specific abusive practices banned rather than a blanket ban of advertising itself.