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Contingencies (Schedule Of Pending Cases) (Parenthetical) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2014 cases
Flight Attendants [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
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Philip Morris USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency pending claims, number included	346mo_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumberIncluded / dei_LegalEntityAxis = mo_PhilipMorrisUSAMember
West Virginia Consolidated Proceeding [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency pending claims, number included as one case	600mo_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumberIncludedAsOneCase / mo_LossContingenciesAxis = mo_WestVirginiaConsolidatedProceedingMember

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