XML 116 R12.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v2.4.0.8

Asset Impairment, Exit, Implementation and Integration Costs | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2013
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Asset Impairment, Exit, Implementation and Integration Costs | Asset Impairment, Exit, Implementation and Integration Costs Pre-tax asset impairment, exit, implementation and integration costs for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 consisted of the following:
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
(in millions) | Asset Impairment and Exit Costs |  |  | Implementation Costs |  |  | Total |
Smokeable products | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Smokeless products | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |
All other | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |
Total | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 12 |
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2012
(in millions) | Asset Impairment and Exit Costs |  |  | Implementation (Gain) Costs |  |  | Total |
Smokeable products | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | 28 |
Smokeless products | 22 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 28 |
General corporate | 1 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Total | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 56 |
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2011
(in millions) | Asset Impairment and Exit Costs |  |  | Implementation Costs |  |  | Integration Costs |  |  | Total |
Smokeable products | $ | 182 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 183 |
Smokeless products | 32 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 35 |
General corporate | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8 |
Total | $ | 222 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 226 |
The pre-tax asset impairment, exit, implementation and integration costs for 2013, 2012 and 2011 shown above are primarily related to the cost reduction program discussed below. ▪2011 Cost Reduction Program: In October 2011, Altria Group, Inc. announced a cost reduction program (the “2011 Cost Reduction Program”) for its tobacco and service company subsidiaries, reflecting Altria Group, Inc.’s objective to reduce cigarette-related infrastructure ahead of PM USA’s cigarettes volume declines. Since the inception of the 2011 Cost Reduction Program, Altria Group, Inc. incurred total net pre-tax charges of $275 million as of December 31, 2013 related to this program. The net pre-tax charges included employee separation costs, primarily severance, of $212 million and other net charges of $63 million. These other net charges included lease termination and asset impairments, partially offset by a curtailment gain related to amendments made to an Altria Group, Inc. postretirement benefit plan. Total pre-tax charges, net, incurred related to the 2011 Cost Reduction Program are complete. Substantially all of these charges have resulted or will result in cash expenditures. Cash payments related to the 2011 Cost Reduction Program of $41 million, $135 million and $9 million were made during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, for total cash payments of $185 million since inception. The severance liability related to the 2011 Cost Reduction program was $37 million at December 31, 2012, substantially all of which was paid as of December 31, 2013.

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The entire disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_RestructuringImpairmentAndOtherActivitiesDisclosureTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration