Fast food, Facebook and swearing: The 50 bad habits we just can't give up Smoking, chocolate and alcohol among other addictions Reality television, smartphones and iPads featured in list of bad habits Going to the gym and having sex are also things people try to give up We are a nation of addicts, struggling to stop ourselves from eating fast food, using Facebook and swearing, a new survey has revealed. Among other vices is a love of coffee and tea, smoking and chocolate - though these are all things we are trying to give up according to research. A list of the 50 habits we most want to curb has been compiled after electronic cigarette company, ECigaretteDirect.co.uk, asked 600 adults the things they'd most like to live without. Addictions to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter were among the top 20 bad habits people are trying to give up Giving up smoking was the thing people struggled most with, with alcohol and junk food following closely behind. Reality television, biting fingernails and picking your nose are among the more bizarre bad habits with each appearing in the list's top ten vices. Cracking knuckles, picking teeth in public and road rage featured further down the list as did obsessive spending and racking up credit card bills. Racking up credit card bills and, surprisingly, going to the gym were also listed as bad habits people are trying to curb Unsurprisingly, technology based hang-ups such as Twitter and Google appeared in the top 20, as did addictions to iPads and smartphones. While it's easy to see why most things on the list would be considered bad habits, others such as going to the gym, shaving, and supporting a football team are perhaps not as threatening. A spokesman for the survey said: 'Giving something up takes a lot of willpower and not everyone has the determination to see it through. 'People who can't give up can consider switching to an alternative, such as switching to artificial sweeteners when giving up sugar, or electronic cigarettes instead of tobacco.' While many would think it's women who worry most about their figures, one man admitted to constantly trying to ditch junk food in a bid to lose weight. 'I've tried giving up fast food many times but it is just so delicious and there are those nights when you get home from work so late that all you want to do is crash in front of the TV with a bottle of larger and a curry.' Another woman said that keeping her maiden name was a habit she wanted to get rid of, after becoming too accustomed to it to change once she got married. The 50 things Brits just can't seem to give up: Our most addictive habits Smoking Swearing Picking nose Biting fingernails Coffee Tea Smoking was listed as the bad habit most are trying to give up while drinking alcohol was ninth on the list Reality Television Fast Food Alcohol Comfort Shopping Credit Cards Facebook Twitter Google Many are trying to stop eating boiled sweets and sugar The gym Sugar Chocolate Fizzy drinks 19. iPad Smartphones Meat Video games Cracking knuckles Speaking with our mouths full Talking to yourself Use of American English Sex Childhood toy Boiled sweets Bread Pasta Dairy Picking teeth in public Shaving Clubbing Supporting a football team Women's maiden names Licking the spoon while baking and playing video games were also included in the survey which polled 650 adults Humming to yourself Dyeing your hair Tattoos Piercings Pets Salt Tomato Ketchup Working Chewing gum Biting the ends of pens Licking the spoon when baking Road rage Extravagant spending