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Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Equity Method Investments | Pre-tax earnings from Altria Group, Inc.’s equity investment in SABMiller consisted of the following:
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Equity earnings |  | $ | 214 |  |  | $ | 199 |
Gains resulting from issuances of common stock by SABMiller |  | 11 |  |  | 57 |
|  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 256 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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