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Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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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) |  | Benefit Plans |  |  | AB InBev/SABMiller |  |  | Currency Translation Adjustments and Other |  |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses |
Balances, December 31, 2014 |  | $ | (2,040 | ) |  | $ | (640 | ) |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (2,682 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | (223 | ) |  | (983 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (1,210 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | 86 |  |  | 344 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 431 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (137 | ) |  | (639 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (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 earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes |  | 30 |  |  | (625 | ) | (1) | (3 | ) |  | (598 | )
Balances, December 31, 2015 |  | (2,010 | ) |  | (1,265 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (3,280 | )
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings before reclassifications |  | (247 | ) |  | 787 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 541 |
Deferred income taxes |  | 96 |  |  | (276 | ) |  | — |  |  | (180 | )
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | (151 | ) |  | 511 |  | (2) | 1 |  |  | 361 |
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | 178 |  |  | 1,160 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,338 |
Deferred income taxes |  | (65 | ) |  | (406 | ) |  | — |  |  | (471 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | 113 |  |  | 754 |  | (3) | — |  |  | 867 |
Other comprehensive (losses) earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | (38 | ) |  | 1,265 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1,228 |
Balances, December 31, 2016 |  | (2,048 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | (2,052 | )
Other comprehensive earnings (losses) before reclassifications |  | 52 |  |  | (91 | ) |  | — |  |  | (39 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | (21 | ) |  | 32 |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |
Other comprehensive earnings (losses) before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | 31 |  |  | (59 | ) |  | — |  |  | (28 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | 291 |  |  | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | 299 |
Deferred income taxes |  | (113 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (116 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | 178 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 183 |
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes |  | 209 |  |  | (54 | ) | (1) | — |  |  | 155 |
Balances, December 31, 2017 |  | $ | (1,839 | ) |  | $ | (54 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (1,897 | )
(1) Altria Group, Inc.’s proportionate share of AB InBev’s and SABMiller’s other comprehensive earnings/losses consisted primarily of currency translation adjustments for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2015, respectively. (2) As a result of the Transaction, Altria Group, Inc. reversed to investment in SABMiller $414 million of its accumulated other comprehensive losses directly attributable to SABMiller; the remaining $97 million consisted primarily of currency translation adjustments. (3) As a result of the Transaction, Altria Group, Inc. recognized $737 million of its accumulated other comprehensive losses directly attributable to SABMiller. 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) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Benefit Plans: (1) |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss |  | $ | 325 |  |  | $ | 223 |  |  | $ | 304 |
Prior service cost/credit |  | (34 | ) |  | (45 | ) |  | (32 | )
|  | 291 |  |  | 178 |  |  | 272 |
AB InBev/SABMiller (2) |  | 8 |  |  | 1,160 |  |  | 21 |
Pre-tax amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings |  | $ | 299 |  |  | $ | 1,338 |  |  | $ | 293 |
(1) Amounts are included in net defined benefit plan costs. For further details, see Note 16. Benefit Plans. (2) For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2015, amounts are included in earnings from equity investment in AB InBev/SABMiller. Substantially all of the amount for the year ended December 31, 2016 is included in gain on AB InBev/SABMiller business combination. For further information, see Note 6. Investment in AB InBev/SABMiller.

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