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Internet game is to me what cigarette is to chain smokers , very hard to quit again.
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Internet gaming is to me what cigarette smoking (or just 'smoking') is to chain smokers: it's very hard to quit.
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Internet games are to me what smoking is to chain smokers: it's very hard to quit.
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Not quite.
An Internet game is to me what a cigarette is to chain smokers, very hard to quit.
Although 'quit' usually means to stop completely, so you quit smoking, rather than quit a cigarette. Perhaps 'resist' or 'avoid' would be better than 'quit'.
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