`` Lorillard respectfully disagrees with the jury 's verdict and denies the plaintiff 's claim that the company sampled to children or adults at Orchard Park in the early 1960s , '' said spokesman Gregg Perry . NEW : Jurors listened to a video deposition from Evans recorded three weeks before her death . The transcript of the interview was released by prosecutors on Tuesday. The court ruled that Lorillard lured children into smoking by providing free cigarettes . Marie Evans died at age 54 after suffering from small cell lung cancer .
NEW : Jurors listened to a video deposition from Evans recorded three weeks before her death . The transcript of the interview was released by prosecutors on Tuesday. The court ruled that Lorillard lured children into smoking by providing free cigarettes . Marie Evans died at age 54 after suffering from small cell lung cancer .