( February 25, 2026, 8:44 AM EST) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A smoker’s widower filed a motion in Florida state court for additur or a new trial on damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR) after a jury returned a $675,000 verdict including $225,000 for the smoker’s pain and suffering, writing that the verdict is “inadequate as a matter of law” in view of evidence that the smoker suffered physically and mentally for 14 years after being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including after an organ transplant....