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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were calculated using the following:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions) | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Net earnings attributable to Altria Group, Inc. | $ | 5,070 |  |  | $ | 4,535 |  |  | $ | 4,180 |
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to unvested restricted and deferred shares | (12 | ) |  | (12 | ) |  | (13 | )
Earnings for basic and diluted EPS | $ | 5,058 |  |  | $ | 4,523 |  |  | $ | 4,167 |
Weighted-average shares for basic and diluted EPS | 1,978 |  |  | 1,999 |  |  | 2,024 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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