This is something we always suspect. But eventually a recent survey confirmed it. The need to check your email or Twitter account is ultimately greater than what you have to smoke a cigarette or drink. Or rather, to be more precise, it is much more difficult to resist this need…
The reasons are mainly how easily available and accessible your e-mail or Twitter is and the feeling that it is not something great. When you are at work for example, it is very easy to think, I will just click to see what they have sent me. While to smoke you may need to go out.
Another reason is of course the cost. Drinking a drink costs. Seeing what those who follow you on Twitter have written, no!
Source: Proho.gr