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Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following tables set forth the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive losses, net of deferred income taxes, attributable to Altria Group, Inc.:
|  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
|  | Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Benefit Plans |  | SABMiller |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2013 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,273 | ) |  | $ | (105 | ) |  | $ | (1,378 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (280 | ) |  | (281 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 98 |  |  | 98 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (182 | ) |  | (183 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 116 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 172 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (45 | ) |  | (20 | ) |  | (65 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 71 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 107 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | (1 | ) |  | 71 |  |  | (146 | ) | (1) | (76 | )
Balances, September 30, 2014 |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (1,202 | ) |  | $ | (251 | ) |  | $ | (1,454 | )
|  | For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
|  | Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Benefit Plans |  | SABMiller |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, June 30, 2014 |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (1,224 | ) |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | (1,229 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (430 | ) |  | (432 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 151 |  |  | 151 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (279 | ) |  | (281 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 36 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 89 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (14 | ) |  | (19 | ) |  | (33 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 22 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 56 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | (2 | ) |  | 22 |  |  | (245 | ) | (1) | (225 | )
Balances, September 30, 2014 |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (1,202 | ) |  | $ | (251 | ) |  | $ | (1,454 | )
|  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
|  | Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Benefit Plans |  | SABMiller |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | (2,414 | ) |  | $ | 372 |  |  | $ | (2,040 | )
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings before reclassifications |  | (1 | ) |  | 30 |  |  | (527 | ) |  | (498 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (13 | ) |  | 184 |  |  | 171 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (1 | ) |  | 17 |  |  | (343 | ) |  | (327 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 230 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 232 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (88 | ) |  | — |  |  | (88 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 142 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 144 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | (1 | ) |  | 159 |  |  | (341 | ) | (1) | (183 | )
Balances, September 30, 2013 |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (2,255 | ) |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | (2,223 | )
|  | For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
|  | Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Benefit Plans |  | SABMiller |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, June 30, 2013 |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (2,301 | ) |  | $ | (30 | ) |  | $ | (2,330 | )
Other comprehensive earnings before reclassifications |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 92 |  |  | 92 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (32 | ) |  | (32 | )
Other comprehensive earnings before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 60 |  |  | 60 |
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 74 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 75 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (28 | ) |  | — |  |  | (28 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 46 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 47 |
Other comprehensive earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 46 |  |  | 61 |  | (1) | 107 |
Balances, September 30, 2013 |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (2,255 | ) |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | (2,223 | )
(1) For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, Altria Group, Inc.’s proportionate share of SABMiller’s other comprehensive earnings/losses consisted primarily of currency translation adjustments.
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | The following table sets forth pre-tax amounts by component, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings:
|  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Benefit Plans: (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss |  | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 255 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 82 |
Prior service cost/credit |  | (24 | ) |  | (25 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (8 | )
|  | 116 |  |  | 230 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 74 |
SABMiller (2) |  | 56 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 1 |
Pre-tax amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings |  | $ | 172 |  |  | $ | 232 |  |  | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 75 |
(1) Amounts are included in net defined benefit plan costs. For further details, see Note 3. Benefit Plans. (2) Amounts are included in earnings from equity investment in SABMiller.

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