The family of a 61-year-old smoker who died from complications following a lung transplant received a $327,894 award.

The family of Barbara Jewett claimed she developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in 1995 after smoking since she was 13. She died after a lung transplant in 2006. Jewett’s family claimed Lorillard and R.J. Reynolds cigarettes were designed to deliver the most nicotine possible to its customers and Jewett started smoking before the dangers of smoking where known to the general public.

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