Twitter/Email is harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, study finds

Tweeting or checking emails may be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people could resist their desires. They even claim that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges, people are more likely to give in to longings or cravings to use social and other media.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/03/twitter-resist-cigarettes-alcohol-study