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Segment Reporting (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] | Segment data were as follows:
|  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Net revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products |  | $ | 16,428 |  |  | $ | 16,448 |  |  | $ | 5,859 |  |  | $ | 5,802 |
Smokeless products |  | 1,345 |  |  | 1,333 |  |  | 466 |  |  | 485 |
Wine |  | 428 |  |  | 411 |  |  | 153 |  |  | 148 |
All other |  | 63 |  |  | 194 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 118 |
Net revenues |  | $ | 18,264 |  |  | $ | 18,386 |  |  | $ | 6,491 |  |  | $ | 6,553 |
Earnings before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating companies income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products |  | $ | 5,160 |  |  | $ | 5,471 |  |  | $ | 1,840 |  |  | $ | 1,825 |
Smokeless products |  | 804 |  |  | 769 |  |  | 280 |  |  | 277 |
Wine |  | 81 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 28 |
All other |  | (143 | ) |  | 185 |  |  | (89 | ) |  | 92 |
Amortization of intangibles |  | (15 | ) |  | (15 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (5 | )
General corporate expenses |  | (174 | ) |  | (173 | ) |  | (53 | ) |  | (60 | )
Changes to Mondelēz and PMI tax-related receivables/payables |  | (5 | ) |  | (25 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (25 | )
Operating income |  | 5,708 |  |  | 6,285 |  |  | 1,999 |  |  | 2,132 |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | (596 | ) |  | (794 | ) |  | (213 | ) |  | (269 | )
Earnings from equity investment in SABMiller |  | 753 |  |  | 738 |  |  | 328 |  |  | 255 |
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 5,865 |  |  | $ | 6,229 |  |  | $ | 2,114 |  |  | $ | 2,118 |
Schedule of NPM Adjustment [Table Text Block] | Non-Participating Manufacturer (“NPM”) Adjustment Items - For the nine and three months ended September 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 Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 664 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 145 |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 47 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 664 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 145 |
Schedule of Pre-tax Tobacco and Health Litigation Charges [Table Text Block] | Tobacco and Health Litigation Items - For the nine and three months ended September 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 Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 13 |
General corporate expenses |  | 15 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
Total |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 16 |

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