Philip Morris appeals against £70m damages

Philip Morris has appealed against a US court's decision to award £70.1m in damages to a smoker dying of lung cancer.

A California jury ruled against the company for fraud, negligence and making a defective product, firstly awarding record £2.1bn punitive damages in addition to £3.9m compensation to Richard Boeken, a securities and oil broker whose lung cancer has spread to his brain.