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Reports: Cellphones Rank Higher Than Spouses And Are More Addictive Than Alcohol

If you’ve ever texted or answered a phone call while driving (and it’s illegal to do so in your state), then you would probably agree with two recent reports released today that basically came to the conclusion that cellphones are more addicting than many other vices.

Best Buy Mobile commissioned a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults that found that about 60 percent said they’d rather drink abstain from alcohol for a week than give up their cellphone for the same period of time, and 33 percent would rather give up TV and 15 percent would rather make a trip to the dentist, according to the WSJ.

In a separate survey, it found that cellphones were often times more important than spouses. The survey, commissioned by shoe retailer Zappos.com and payment service Bill Me Later, found that 31 percent f the female respondents ranked their phone or PDA as “most important” in managing their work and home lives, ahead of their significant other and hired help.

Jun 24, 2009 6:56 PM ET

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