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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 11pt">A jury in the US has agreed that cigarette company, Lorillard, tried to entice black children to become smokers. </span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">The Boston jury found that Lorillard handed out free cigarettes to children in the 1950's, causing some of them to become addicted or physically sick. </span>
The jury awarded $71 million in compensatory damages to the estate and son of a woman, Marie Evans, who died of lung cancer after being given free Newport cigarettes when she was a child in the late 50's, living in a housing project.
Ms Evans smoked for more than 40 years before dying of lung cancer at age 54.
Possible punitive damages will be decided on Thursday.
Lorillard, which is based in Greensboro, North Carolina makes Kent, Newport, True, Old Gold, Maverick and Max cigarettes.
The company has admitted to giving away free samples decades ago to adults in an attempt to get them to switch brands.
The company has insisted it did not give cigarettes to children.
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It's a good thing MSN and other mainstream news services carried the story. If it had only appeared in Above Top Secret, the piece would have been down as no more than just paranoid conspiracy talk. </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">The Boston jury found that Lorillard handed out free cigarettes to children in the 1950's, causing some of them to become addicted or physically sick. </span>
The jury awarded $71 million in compensatory damages to the estate and son of a woman, Marie Evans, who died of lung cancer after being given free Newport cigarettes when she was a child in the late 50's, living in a housing project.
Ms Evans smoked for more than 40 years before dying of lung cancer at age 54.
Possible punitive damages will be decided on Thursday.
Lorillard, which is based in Greensboro, North Carolina makes Kent, Newport, True, Old Gold, Maverick and Max cigarettes.
The company has admitted to giving away free samples decades ago to adults in an attempt to get them to switch brands.
The company has insisted it did not give cigarettes to children.
<span style="font-style: italic">
It's a good thing MSN and other mainstream news services carried the story. If it had only appeared in Above Top Secret, the piece would have been down as no more than just paranoid conspiracy talk. </span>
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