One cyber snooper questioned for the survey said finding out what a former boyfriend was up to "became quite addictive after a while".
Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game.
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Today, when almost every pleasure is identified as addictive, a name has been coined for those unfortunates who cannot get enough of the stuff: chocoholics.
The exception to this picture of corporate cynicism is the devious and endearing Bennett LeBow of Liggett Corp, who first breaks ranks to declare tobacco addictive in a desperate bid to save his company.
"I've learned the hard way that quitting a habit as addictive as smoking is a constant struggle, " the Brooklyn Democrat said.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star is a fun, addictive 3DS title but it wears thin after a while.
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Nimble Quest all comes together in a rather addictive envelope that keeps you coming back for more each time, trying to beat the last score, unlock a new character, or send quick video to Twitter or Facebook via the in-game social options.
Nicotine, a substance common to all forms of tobacco, is a powerfully addictive drug.
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Activists hope to paint food as, like tobacco, a highly addictive threat to public health.
After all the big source of e-cig stimulation is the nicotine, long accepted as a highly addictive substance.
As someone who never played the original, I found the remake a highly addictive, extremely fun game that played just about perfectly.
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Perch at a table on the pavement if it is not too hot out and order a dangerously addictive cheese manakish (thick Arabic bread warmed and topped with melted cheese) for six dirhams.
Anyone who has ever been in love knows that those first months are a heady and addictive mix of emotions.
The same jury determined last year that the industry conspired to make a deadly, addictive and defective product which caused cancer and other diseases.
Now, "we have a culture of addictive overspenders, " she says.
The games were popular online, but no one had created a game simple and addictive enough for mobile phones.
If you thought Farmville was addictive, Games And Prizes is a place where brands such as Shoe Dazzle, P90X and Alienware sponsor real-world prizes for in-game activities.
The very idea, or even rumor, of reducing or eliminating this addictive stimulus impacts financial markets to a far greater extent than the fundamentals driving the real underlying economic realities.
In case you've been living under a rock, one the hottest mobile games out there is "Angry Birds, " a simple, yet addictive strategy game that involves launching cartoon birds at pigs.
This is partly because smartphones are addictive: when Martin Lindstrom, a branding guru, tried to identify the ten sounds that affect people most powerfully, he found that a vibrating phone came third, after the Intel chime and a giggling baby.
Instead of viewing tobacco as something we want, now we view it for what it is, a deadly, disgusting, addictive product.
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It makes sense to have the game function this way, and the open-world nature of the game really makes it a much more interesting, addictive shooter than most.
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Consistent with this, there is a case for restrictions on the way in which cigarettes are advertised and sold: because cigarettes are addictive and dangerous, children are at risk of being hooked by a bad habit before they are old enough to make a reasoned calculation of the odds.
Their theory is that smokers smoke because their brains have high levels of dopamine, a brain chemical believed to stimulate addictive behaviour.
Zuckerberg had a knack for creating simple, addictive software.
To illustrate, the finger-achingly addictive game Angry Birds has now been downloaded over a billion times.
The result is a magic brew, with a faintly sweet odor that handymen find addictive (many competitive products stink).
One concern cited by panelists was the fact that vegetable and fruit juice as a product would likely prove to be less addictive than coffee.
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