Warning: Mobile phones are addictive

"¿Tu vida es móvil?" ("Your life is mobile?") is the theme of the campaign launched by the Federation of Consumers in Action (Federación de Consumidores en Acción) (FACUA )- in a campaign to warn consumers of the dangers of mobile phone usage.

FACUA claims that excessive use may cause "cell phone addiction" and drastic increases in family spendings as well as generate physical and psychological troubles.

FACUA even compares cell phone ads to tobacco industry: presenting them as a tool for freedom, a social status helping to gain acceptance in a group or to make new friends... just like cigarette ads promise. "However, the feeling of such freedom can lead to a real addiction or at least to an excessive use of those devices".

Via Noticiasdot.com translated by Régine. Thanks!

Related articles:

-- Cigarettes and Cell Phones - The San Francisco Gate has an article on the inexhaustible subject of cell phone rudeness - and compares it to cigarette smoking.

-- Cell Phones the Newest Teen Addiction - A new report claims that cigarettes are slowly being replaced by an equally addictive obsession - the mobile phone.

emily | 3:11 PM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
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