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Segment Reporting (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Data Schedule | Segment data were as follows:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions) | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Net revenues: |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 21,939 |  |  | $ | 21,868 |  |  | $ | 22,216 |
Smokeless products | 1,809 |  |  | 1,778 |  |  | 1,691 |
Wine | 643 |  |  | 609 |  |  | 561 |
All other | 131 |  |  | 211 |  |  | 150 |
Net revenues | $ | 24,522 |  |  | $ | 24,466 |  |  | $ | 24,618 |
Earnings before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |
Operating companies income (loss): |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 6,873 |  |  | $ | 7,063 |  |  | $ | 6,239 |
Smokeless products | 1,061 |  |  | 1,023 |  |  | 931 |
Wine | 134 |  |  | 118 |  |  | 104 |
All other | (185 | ) |  | 157 |  |  | 176 |
Amortization of intangibles | (20 | ) |  | (20 | ) |  | (20 | )
General corporate expenses | (241 | ) |  | (235 | ) |  | (229 | )
Changes to Mondelēz and PMI tax-related receivables/payables | (2 | ) |  | (22 | ) |  | 52 |
Operating income | 7,620 |  |  | 8,084 |  |  | 7,253 |
Interest and other debt expense, net | (808 | ) |  | (1,049 | ) |  | (1,126 | )
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | (44 | ) |  | (1,084 | ) |  | (874 | )
Earnings from equity investment in SABMiller | 1,006 |  |  | 991 |  |  | 1,224 |
Earnings before income taxes | $ | 7,774 |  |  | $ | 6,942 |  |  | $ | 6,477 |
Schedule of Depreciation Expense and Capital Expenditures of Segments | Details of Altria Group, Inc.’s depreciation expense and capital expenditures were as follows:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions) | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Depreciation expense: |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 112 |  |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 125 |
Smokeless products | 22 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 26 |
Wine | 30 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 27 |
General corporate and other | 24 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 27 |
Total depreciation expense | $ | 188 |  |  | $ | 192 |  |  | $ | 205 |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 48 |
Smokeless products | 40 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 36 |
Wine | 46 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 30 |
General corporate and other | 28 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 10 |
Total capital expenditures | $ | 163 |  |  | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 124 |
Schedule of NPM Adjustment Items [Table Text Block] | For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, pre-tax income for NPM adjustment items was recorded in Altria Group, Inc.’s consolidated statements of earnings as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 664 |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 47 |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 664 |
Schedule of Pre-tax Tobacco and Health Litigation Charges [Table Text Block] | For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, pre-tax charges related to certain tobacco and health litigation items were recorded in Altria Group, Inc.’s consolidated statements of earnings as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 4 |
General corporate |  | 15 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |
Total |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Exit Costs [Text Block] | Asset impairment and exit costs for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Smokeable products |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 38 |
Smokeless products |  | 5 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 22 |
General corporate and other |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |
|  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 61 |

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