This drop in smoking may be attributed to background secular trends, 21 while other factors, such as changes in the price of cigarettes, and changing norms about the acceptability of smoking, may also have played a role.
Creating a sustainable competitive advantage therefore has become paramount importance considering the institutional changes that were introduced in form of strategy to conform to the changing norms and patterns of operation in the industry.
We're dealing with changing norms".
What hidden force, one wonders, is responsible for those changing norms?
There are two main stories, both of which emphasize changing norms rather than pure economics.
And in many places around the world the concerted, person-by-person effort of changing norms is under way.
Rather, it happened because of changing norms in our society (spurred on by legislation in some states).
But it should be within human power to arrest institutional decline, which is abetted by changing norms of self-restraint, lax regulation, and the larger political culture.
From there, the questions for society, and for parents raising children in a world of changing norms, become complex and unwieldy.
It acts as a lens through which people of different opinions and status can live together peaceably regardless of changing norms and circumstances.
