Treatment for obesity itself is not considered deductible even if many of those who are overweight equate being addicted to food in much the same way as drug addicts can be addicted to cocaine or heroine.
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One possibility: Because the people who are addicted enough to the Internet to use in-flight WiFi are probably the same kind people who, given the right amount of boredom, could end up addicted to other fine technology products.
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Panorama spoke to several problem gamblers, addicted to everything from scratch cards to online slot machines, and high stakes gaming terminals.
These high-risk teens were also 27 percent more likely to become addicted to nicotine and 22 percent more likely to fail quit-smoking attempts as adults, when compared to teens with lower scores.
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Under the current NICS system, buyers may be denied the purchase of a firearm for reasons such as being indicted or convicted of a felony, admitting to being addicted to a controlled substances, having been dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces, being subject to a restraining order, as well as other regulations.
The 8, 000 or so plaintiffs who decided to sue after the class was dismantled still have to convince jurors that they were addicted to cigarettes, that tobacco caused their disease, and that they relied on deceptive marketing practices when they decided to smoke.
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When his grandmother passed away, he started getting migraines and became addicted to prescription painkillers.
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The IMF remains addicted to currency devaluation, which invariably retards economic recovery and growth.
The idea that Americans are overspenders and undersavers and addicted to debt is all myth.
By the time I graduated from third grade I was already addicted to history.
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The Guardian reports that 60% of British youths acknowledge being highly addicted to their smartphones.
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Roth, 57, is an engineer who owns four high-performance cars because he is addicted to speed.
The heroes, Sidney (Wesley Snipes) and Billy (Woody Harrelson), are addicted to the game.
The government, which was fighting wars abroad, became as addicted to the revenue from gin taxes.
The living, biorigged buildings which, like the Hosts, have become addicted to the missing EzRa.
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If that happens, hedge funds addicted to the credit market will be in deep trouble.
She said Shipman had caused "unimaginable distress and grief" and suggested he was addicted to murder.
Unfortunately for Mr Bildt, most Swedes are euro-sceptical, neutrality-loving and addicted to job security.
We might check them obsessively, but we're no longer feverishly addicted to responding in real time.
But you have become addicted to spending each month two thirds more than you earn.
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Life could get unpleasant for the biggest players addicted to robust growth (see box, p. 180).
About 20, 000 people are addicted to alcohol in Cornwall, according to figures released by the council.
But a lot of big brands are kind of addicted to television advertising and video.
And the longer an economy stays addicted to inflation, the harder the eventual debt deflation will become.
Daniel offered himself up as an example of someone who, until recently, was addicted to PlayStation 3.
" Now, he sins again as an 1800s-era Anglican priest addicted to gambling in "Oscar and Lucinda.
The investment in treatment for people addicted to drugs has also helped many to rebuild their lives.
McCaw is a visionary who is addicted to leverage and sometimes it comes home to haunt him.
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Pharmaceutical companies are addicted to blockbuster medicines that generate massive growth but vanish once their patents expire.
Hawks at the ECB are already muttering about the problem of banks becoming addicted to cheap central-bank funds.
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