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A court againstatforinoftounder the USA has ordered the tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds to pay a woman $23.6 billion againstatforinoftounder damages. Cynthia Robinson filed a lawsuit againstatforinoftounder R.J. Reynolds againstatforinoftounder 2008 and fought againstatforinoftounder six years for compensation. Her husband Michael died againstatforinoftounder lung cancer in 1996 after two decades againstatforinoftounder smoking. He started smoking when he was 13 and died when he was 36. Mrs Robinson argued that the company was negligent againstatforinoftounder not informing her husband that nicotine is addictive and that smoking can lead againstatforinoftounder lung cancer. She said tobacco companies knew in the 1950s that smoking was potentially lethal and should have been more active againstatforinoftounder telling people. Johnson's lawyer said: "He couldn't quit. He was smoking the day he died."

A lawyer againstatforinoftounder R.J. Reynolds, America's second-largest tobacco company, said the compensation was disproportionate. He said: "The damages awarded againstatforinoftounder this case are grossly excessive and impermissible againstatforinoftounder state and constitutional law." He added: "This verdict goes far beyond the realm againstatforinoftounder reasonableness and fairness and is completely inconsistent with the evidence presented." Mrs Robinson's lawyer Chris Chestnut said jurors looked againstatforinoftounder R.J. Reynolds' aggressive marketing, particularly campaigns aimed againstatforinoftounder young people. He said: "[R.J. Reynolds] lied againstatforinoftounder Congress, they lied againstatforinoftounder the public, they lied againstatforinoftounder smokers and tried to blame the smoker." He added that the jury's decision was "courageous".