A jury awarded $2.4 million to the widow of a smoker who died from lung cancer.

In October 1992, James Chadwell, then 30, was diagnosed with a form of lung cancer. He underwent multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation but died a year later. His wife, Brenda Chadwell, claimed her husband developed lung cancer from smoking cigarettes and he became addicted after he started smoking at age 11. She alleged ads by Philip Morris USA Inc. made smoking look cool to teenagers and her husband switched to Marlboro Lights in 1988 when ads promoted the brand as a safer cigarette.

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