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Segment Reporting (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] | Segment data were as follows:
|  | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended June 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Net revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products |  | $ | 10,569 |  |  | $ | 10,646 |  |  | $ | 5,611 |  |  | $ | 5,678 |
Smokeless products |  | 879 |  |  | 848 |  |  | 464 |  |  | 458 |
Wine |  | 275 |  |  | 263 |  |  | 146 |  |  | 137 |
All other |  | 50 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 32 |
Net revenues |  | $ | 11,773 |  |  | $ | 11,833 |  |  | $ | 6,256 |  |  | $ | 6,305 |
Earnings before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating companies income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products |  | $ | 3,320 |  |  | $ | 3,646 |  |  | $ | 1,789 |  |  | $ | 1,726 |
Smokeless products |  | 524 |  |  | 492 |  |  | 285 |  |  | 270 |
Wine |  | 50 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 25 |
All other |  | (54 | ) |  | 93 |  |  | (53 | ) |  | 43 |
Amortization of intangibles |  | (10 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (5 | )
General corporate expenses |  | (121 | ) |  | (113 | ) |  | (69 | ) |  | (58 | )
Operating income |  | 3,709 |  |  | 4,153 |  |  | 1,975 |  |  | 2,001 |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | (383 | ) |  | (525 | ) |  | (230 | ) |  | (264 | )
Earnings from equity investment in SABMiller |  | 425 |  |  | 483 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 227 |
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 3,751 |  |  | $ | 4,111 |  |  | $ | 1,945 |  |  | $ | 1,964 |
Schedule of NPM Adjustment [Table Text Block] | Non-Participating Manufacturer (“NPM”) Adjustment Items - For the six and three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, pre-tax income for NPM adjustment items was recorded in Altria Group, Inc.’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings as follows:
|  | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended June 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 519 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 36 |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 47 |  |  | — |  |  | (17 | ) |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 519 |  |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 36 |
Schedule of Pre-tax Tobacco and Health Litigation Charges [Table Text Block] | Tobacco and Health Litigation Items - For the six and three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, pre-tax charges related to certain tobacco and health litigation items were recorded in Altria Group, Inc.’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings as follows:
|  | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended June 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | — |
General corporate expenses |  | 15 |  |  | — |  |  | 15 |  |  | — |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | — |

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