Pilots diverted a United Airlines flight traveling from Orlando, Florida to Washington, D. C. , after a passenger lit a cigarette and urinated in the aisle. He's been identified as Mark McGovern. A United Airlines spokeswoman says flight attendants noticed McGovern appeared drunk not long after the plane left Orlando.

Hookah smoking, the latest alternative habit to cigarette smoking, is found to be more harmful users' health then originally thought. A new study in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology finds hookah smoking is just as bad, and in some cases worse, than cigarette smoking for users' teeth.

Cats have long been blamed for triggering asthma attacks in humans, but veterinarians in Scotland say it may also work the other way around, that cat sneeze you hear might be from you. Irritants such as cigarette smoke, dusty homes, and human dandruff can raise inflammation in feline lungs and worsen pre-existing cases of asthma in cats.

Thieves robbed a Terra Alta Shop 'n Save and apparently left a trail of cigarettes as they fled, scattering dozens of cigarette packs throughout the Preston County town. "You would not believe the customers who are calling me saying `We have your cigarettes!' Sometimes it's 20 packs at a time," says store manager Nellie Dixon.

Thieves robbed a Terra Alta Shop 'n Save and apparently left a trail of cigarettes as they fled, scattering dozens of cigarette packs throughout the Preston County town. "You would not believe the customers who are calling me saying `We have your cigarettes!' Sometimes it's 20 packs at a time," says store manager Nellie Dixon.