Ex-smoker wins $10.5m from tobacco company

A woman with lung cancer is to be awarded the highest court-ordered payment yet to an ex-smoker after a last-ditch appeal was rejected.

Patricia Henley, of California, will receive the $10.5m (€8m) award, which has grown to more than €16m (€12.1m) with interest, from Philip Morris, the world’s largest cigarette maker.