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Capital Stock (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Schedule Components of Issued, Repurchased and Outstanding Shares | At December 31, 2017, Altria Group, Inc. had 12 billion shares of authorized common stock; issued, repurchased and outstanding shares of common stock were as follows:
| Shares Issued |  |  | Shares Repurchased |  |  | Shares Outstanding |
Balances, December 31, 2014 | 2,805,961,317 |  |  | (834,486,794 | ) |  | 1,971,474,523 |
Stock award activity | — |  |  | (732,623 | ) |  | (732,623 | )
Repurchases of common stock | — |  |  | (10,682,419 | ) |  | (10,682,419 | )
Balances, December 31, 2015 | 2,805,961,317 |  |  | (845,901,836 | ) |  | 1,960,059,481 |
Stock award activity | — |  |  | (566,256 | ) |  | (566,256 | )
Repurchases of common stock | — |  |  | (16,221,001 | ) |  | (16,221,001 | )
Balances, December 31, 2016 | 2,805,961,317 |  |  | (862,689,093 | ) |  | 1,943,272,224 |
Stock award activity | — |  |  | (408,891 | ) |  | (408,891 | )
Repurchases of common stock | — |  |  | (41,604,141 | ) |  | (41,604,141 | )
Balances, December 31, 2017 | 2,805,961,317 |  |  | (904,702,125 | ) |  | 1,901,259,192 |
Share Repurchases | For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, Altria Group, Inc.’s total share repurchase activity was as follows:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | (in millions, except per share data)
Total number of shares repurchased | 41.6 |  | 16.2 |  | 10.7 |
Aggregate cost of shares repurchased | $ | 2,917 |  | $ | 1,030 |  | $ | 554 |
Average price per share of shares repurchased | $ | 70.10 |  | $ | 63.48 |  | $ | 51.83 |

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