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Facebook and Twitter 'more addictive than tobacco and alcohol'

telegraph.co.uk — "As a day wears on, willpower becomes lower and self-control efforts are more likely to fail." Twitter and Facebook are more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol, researchers claim. Resisting the urge to check social networking sites for updates is more difficult than turning down a drink, according to a study of people's everyday desires. The survey of 250 people found that sleep and sex were the two things people most longed for during the day, but that the urges to keep on top of social networks and work were the hardest to resist. In contrast alcohol and tobacco prompted much lower level Feb 1, 2012 View in Crawl 4

Facebook and Twitter 'more addictive than tobacco and alcohol'

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