A US jury recommended that cigarette maker Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8m (€9.7m) in punitive damages to the daughter of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.

A Los Angeles judge has slashed a record-breaking $28bn (€27.3bn) award to a former smoker to $28m (€27.3m), saying the jury’s decision on punitive damages was excessive.

Philip Morris lawyers have urged a judge to slash a $3bn (£2.1bn) punitive damages award to a cancer-stricken smoker and to grant a retrial.

The $3bn (£2bn) payout awarded to cancer victim Richard Boeken against the Philip Morris tobacco company is expected to prompt a flood of similar claims, US legal experts said.

A US jury has ordered tobacco giant Philip Morris to pay more than $3bn (£2bn) to a lifelong smoker, holding the company responsible for his incurable lung cancer.