The family of a dead woman has been awarded over $9 million after suing a tobacco company following the death of their loved one.
Smoker Carolyn Long used cigarettes for decades before quitting in 2002. However, by that point, the damage had already been done.
She was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the late ’90s.
After a lengthy battle, she died of the disease in 2020 at age 80.
Her husband John sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for directly causing her death.
His lawyers argued that his late wife had a hard time quitting smoking over the years due to nicotine rewiring her brain in “powerful ways” since she began smoking at a young age.
The legal team for the tobacco company argued that Carolyn Long used their products by choice.
