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Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
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Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 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.:
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
|  | Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Benefit Plans |  | SABMiller |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2015 |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | (2,010 | ) |  | $ | (1,265 | ) |  | $ | (3,280 | )
Other comprehensive earnings (losses) before reclassifications |  | 1 |  |  | (318 | ) |  | 182 |  |  | (135 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 122 |  |  | (64 | ) |  | 58 |
Other comprehensive earnings (losses) before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | 1 |  |  | (196 | ) |  | 118 |  |  | (77 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 36 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 48 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (14 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (18 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 22 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 30 |
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes |  | 1 |  |  | (174 | ) |  | 126 |  | (1) | (47 | )
Balances, March 31, 2016 |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (2,184 | ) |  | $ | (1,139 | ) |  | $ | (3,327 | )
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
|  | Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Benefit Plans |  | SABMiller |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2014 |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (2,040 | ) |  | $ | (640 | ) |  | $ | (2,682 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (471 | ) |  | (472 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 164 |  |  | 164 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (307 | ) |  | (308 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | — |  |  | 68 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 72 |
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (26 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (27 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 42 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 45 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | (1 | ) |  | 42 |  |  | (304 | ) | (1) | (263 | )
Balances, March 31, 2015 |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (1,998 | ) |  | $ | (944 | ) |  | $ | (2,945 | )
(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, Altria Group, Inc.’s proportionate share of SABMiller’s other comprehensive earnings/losses consisted primarily of currency translation adjustments.
Reclassifications | The following table sets forth pre-tax amounts by component, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (in millions)
Benefit Plans: (1) |  |  |
Net loss | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 76 |
Prior service cost/credit | (19 | ) |  | (8 | )
| 36 |  |  | 68 |
SABMiller (2) | 12 |  |  | 4 |
Pre-tax amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 72 |
(1) Amounts are included in net defined benefit plan costs. For further details, see Note 3. Benefit Plans. (2) Amounts are included in earnings from equity investment in SABMiller.

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