( August 10, 2026, 10:31 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel heard oral argument in a tobacco company’s appeal of a verdict worth more than $34 million to the widow of a smoker who died at 38, in which the tobacco company said the widow failed to meet the standards for reliance required under Florida Supreme Court precedent, while the widow’s attorney argued that evidence that the smoker saw and repeated messages from advertising supports the conclusion that he relied on the ads....