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Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs | Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs: In January 2016, Altria Group, Inc. announced a productivity initiative designed to maintain its operating companies’ leadership and cost competitiveness. The initiative reduces spending on certain selling, general and administrative infrastructure and implements a leaner organizational structure. As a result of this initiative, Altria Group, Inc. expects to incur total pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $140 million, or $0.05 per share, substantially all of which are expected to be recorded in 2016 and result in cash expenditures. The charges consist of employee separation costs of approximately $120 million and other associated costs of approximately $20 million. Pre-tax restructuring charges of $122 million, or $0.04 per share, recorded in connection with the productivity initiative consisted of the following:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
| Asset Impairment and Exit Costs (1) |  | Implementation Costs |  | Total
| (in millions)
Smokeable products | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 99 |
Smokeless products | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |
All other | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |
General corporate | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |
Total | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 122 |
(1) Includes termination and curtailment costs of $20 million. See Note 3. Benefit Plans. The movement in the restructuring liabilities (excluding termination and curtailment costs), substantially all of which are severance liabilities, was as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
| (in millions)
Charges | $ | 100 |
Cash spent | (2 | )
Balances at March 31, 2016 | $ | 98 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 5 -Section P -Subsection 3, 4 + Details
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