A jury awarded $225,000 to a longtime cigarette smoker who was diagnosed with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 57.

Cynthia Boulter quit smoking in 2005 after complaining of breathing problems since the early 1990s, which qualified her as member of Florida’s Engle class. She argued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. knew they were selling an addictive drug, they engaged in fraudulent concealment, and they used propaganda to convince people that there was no proof cigarette smoking caused illness.

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