Still trying to quit the habit? Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered that people who get a "buzz" the first time they smoke a cigarette have a certain gene variant that is lacking in people who cough, choke and get nauseated from that initial smoke. The people with this gene are most likely to become regular smokers, according to the journal Addiction. ...more

March 13, 2010

The Florida Legislature mandated the sale of fire-safe cigarettes after Jan. 1, 2010. ...more

February 21, 2010

For Debbie Munguia, living at one of the nation's most infamous crime scenes is bad enough; trying to make a go of a business there is impossible. ...more

February 16, 2010

The fire that killed a 6-year-old boy in November was started by his 5-year-old brother who was playing with a cigarette lighter, igniting a couch, Pasco County sheriff's officials said Monday. ...more

December 30, 2009

Police say an argument was the motive for a Sebring woman attacking a man with a 3-foot sword. ...more

December 24, 2009

A 46-year-old Land O' Lakes man has been accused of setting his own house on fire. Pasco County sheriff's deputies say David Wayne Cox, of 4151 Gerry Lane, used a cigarette lighter Saturday to intentionally spark fires on the first and second floors of his home. ...more

November 30, 2009

The "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law has left one Wesley Chapel couple frustrated and concerned. ...more

October 31, 2009

The woman who took a gun-shaped cigarette lighter into the Hillsborough County Courthouse last week, unintentionally causing an evacuation, will not be charged, Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

August 13, 2009

A 32-year-old man who went for a predawn swim in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued Saturday after almost five hours of treading water, the U.S. Coast Guard said. ...more

June 7, 2009

A 32-year-old man who went for a predawn swim in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued this morning after almost five hours treading water, the Coast Guard said. ...more

June 6, 2009