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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Extinguishment of Debt | Details of these debt tender offers were as follows:
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | (in millions)
Notes Purchased |  |  |  |  |
9.95% Notes due 2038 |  | $ | 441 |  |  | $ | — |  |
10.20% Notes due 2039 |  | 492 |  |  | — |  |
9.70% Notes due 2018 |  | — |  |  | 793 |  |
Total |  | $ | 933 |  |  | $ | 793 |  |
As a result of the debt tender offers, Altria Group, Inc. recorded the following pre-tax losses on early extinguishment of debt:
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in millions)
Premiums and fees | $ | 809 |  |  | $ | 226 |  |  | $ | 809 |  |  | $ | — |
Write-off of unamortized debt discounts and debt issuance costs | 14 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 14 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 823 |  |  | $ | 228 |  |  | $ | 823 |  |  | $ | — |

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