As a young woman in Cuba, Linda Martin was a champion swimmer and table tennis player.

Today, she's always out of breath and can't exert herself at all, having lived nearly 25 years since being diagnosed with lung cancer.

After a decadelong legal fight, a jury pinnedthe blame on Philip Morris USA for the way it marketed the menthol cigarettes Martin said she began smoking when she arrived in the U.S. in 1980. Martin was awarded $1.9 million on May 19.