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Contingencies (Schedule Of Pending Cases) (Details) (Pending Litigation [Member]) | Dec. 31, 2014 cases | Dec. 31, 2013 cases | Dec. 31, 2012 cases
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Individual Smoking And Health Cases [Member] |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of Cases Pending | 67 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_IndividualSmokingAndHealthCasesMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 67 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_IndividualSmokingAndHealthCasesMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 77 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_IndividualSmokingAndHealthCasesMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember
Smoking And Health Class Actions And Aggregated Claims Litigation [Member] |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of Cases Pending | 5 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_SmokingAndHealthClassActionsAndAggregatedClaimsLitigationMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 6 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_SmokingAndHealthClassActionsAndAggregatedClaimsLitigationMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 7 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_SmokingAndHealthClassActionsAndAggregatedClaimsLitigationMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember
Health Care Cost Recovery Actions [Member] |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of Cases Pending | 1 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 1 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 1 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember
Lights/Ultra Lights Class Actions [Member] |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of Cases Pending | 12 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_LightsUltraLightsClassActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 15 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_LightsUltraLightsClassActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember | 14 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_LightsUltraLightsClassActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember

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- Definition Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 450 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14435-108349 + Details
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