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Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
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Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses | Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses The following tables set forth the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive losses, net of deferred income taxes, attributable to Altria Group, Inc.:
(in millions) |  | Currency Translation Adjustments |  |  | Benefit Plans |  |  | SABMiller |  |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses |
Balances, December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | (2,414 | ) |  | $ | 372 |  |  | $ | (2,040 | )
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings before reclassifications |  | (2 | ) |  | 1,559 |  |  | (740 | ) |  | 817 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (609 | ) |  | 259 |  |  | (350 | )
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (2 | ) |  | 950 |  |  | (481 | ) |  | 467 |
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 311 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 317 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (120 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (122 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 191 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 195 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | (2 | ) |  | 1,141 |  |  | (477 | ) | (1) | 662 |
Balances, December 31, 2013 |  | — |  |  | (1,273 | ) |  | (105 | ) |  | (1,378 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | (2 | ) |  | (1,411 | ) |  | (881 | ) |  | (2,294 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 550 |  |  | 308 |  |  | 858 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (2 | ) |  | (861 | ) |  | (573 | ) |  | (1,436 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 154 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 213 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (60 | ) |  | (21 | ) |  | (81 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 94 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 132 |
Other comprehensive losses, net of deferred income taxes |  | (2 | ) |  | (767 | ) |  | (535 | ) | (1) | (1,304 | )
Balances, December 31, 2014 |  | (2 | ) |  | (2,040 | ) |  | (640 | ) |  | (2,682 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | (4 | ) |  | (223 | ) |  | (983 | ) |  | (1,210 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | 1 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 344 |  |  | 431 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (3 | ) |  | (137 | ) |  | (639 | ) |  | (779 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 272 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 293 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (105 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (112 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 167 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 181 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | (3 | ) |  | 30 |  |  | (625 | ) | (1) | (598 | )
Balances, December 31, 2015 |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | (2,010 | ) |  | $ | (1,265 | ) |  | $ | (3,280 | )
(1) For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, Altria Group, Inc.’s proportionate share of SABMiller’s other comprehensive losses consisted primarily of currency translation adjustments. The following table sets forth pre-tax amounts by component, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Benefit Plans: (1) |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss |  | $ | 304 |  |  | $ | 187 |  |  | $ | 346 |
Prior service cost/credit |  | (32 | ) |  | (33 | ) |  | (35 | )
|  | 272 |  |  | 154 |  |  | 311 |
SABMiller (2) |  | 21 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 6 |
Pre-tax amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings |  | $ | 293 |  |  | $ | 213 |  |  | $ | 317 |
(1) Amounts are included in net defined benefit plan costs. For further details, see Note 16. Benefit Plans. (2) Amounts are included in earnings from equity investment in SABMiller. For further information on Altria Group, Inc.’s equity investment in SABMiller, see Note 6. Investment in SABMiller.

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