technology smoking,,is it addiction,, yeah sure?

Technology is the new smoking. That is to say, checking your messages is a habit that certain inconsiderate people do at the table and others excuse themselves to do privately, and which just may be an addiction. "We've all been there; You're at an outing with friends but itching to check your email or Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or Google+ or Yammer or whatever digital hit of serotonin you prefer," says TechCrunch. TC cites a new British study where investigators cut off access for 1,000 people and 53 percent felt "deprived" and some likened it to "quitting drinking or smoking." So that makes it an addiction, supposedly. "Add this to the yet un-proven concerns that smartphone usage leads to Cancer and the smoking analogy becomes more and more apt," TC adds. Well, that's a stretch. But, look, it has been a weird, sad week where few things made sense.