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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
Individual Smoking And Health Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
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Smoking And Health Class Actions And Aggregated Claims Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of Cases Pending	5us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_SmokingAndHealthClassActionsAndAggregatedClaimsLitigationMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember	6us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_SmokingAndHealthClassActionsAndAggregatedClaimsLitigationMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember	7us-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	1us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember	1us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember	1us-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	12us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_LightsUltraLightsClassActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember	15us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_LightsUltraLightsClassActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember	14us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = mo_LightsUltraLightsClassActionsMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember

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+ 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

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