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Segment Reporting (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Data Schedule | Segment data were as follows:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions) | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Net revenues: |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 22,636 |  |  | $ | 22,851 |  |  | $ | 22,792 |
Smokeless products | 2,155 |  |  | 2,051 |  |  | 1,879 |
Wine | 698 |  |  | 746 |  |  | 692 |
All other | 87 |  |  | 96 |  |  | 71 |
Net revenues | $ | 25,576 |  |  | $ | 25,744 |  |  | $ | 25,434 |
Earnings before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |
Operating companies income (loss): |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 8,408 |  |  | $ | 7,768 |  |  | $ | 7,569 |
Smokeless products | 1,300 |  |  | 1,177 |  |  | 1,108 |
Wine | 147 |  |  | 164 |  |  | 152 |
All other | (51 | ) |  | (99 | ) |  | (169 | )
Amortization of intangibles | (21 | ) |  | (21 | ) |  | (21 | )
General corporate expenses | (227 | ) |  | (222 | ) |  | (237 | )
Reduction of PMI tax-related receivable | — |  |  | — |  |  | (41 | )
Corporate asset impairment and exit costs | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | — |
Operating income | 9,556 |  |  | 8,762 |  |  | 8,361 |
Interest and other debt expense, net | (705 | ) |  | (747 | ) |  | (817 | )
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | — |  |  | (823 | ) |  | (228 | )
Earnings from equity investment in AB InBev/SABMiller | 532 |  |  | 795 |  |  | 757 |
Gain on AB InBev/SABMiller business combination | 445 |  |  | 13,865 |  |  | 5 |
Earnings before income taxes | $ | 9,828 |  |  | $ | 21,852 |  |  | $ | 8,078 |
Schedule of Depreciation Expense and Capital Expenditures of Segments | Details of Altria Group, Inc.’s depreciation expense and capital expenditures were as follows:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions) | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Depreciation expense: |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 117 |
Smokeless products | 29 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 27 |
Wine | 40 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 32 |
General corporate and other | 26 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 28 |
Total depreciation expense | $ | 188 |  |  | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | 204 |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |
Smokeable products | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 56 |
Smokeless products | 61 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 113 |
Wine | 53 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 42 |
General corporate and other | 46 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 18 |
Total capital expenditures | $ | 199 |  |  | $ | 189 |  |  | $ | 229 |
Schedule of NPM Adjustment Items | For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, pre-tax expense (income) for NPM adjustment items was recorded in Altria Group, Inc.’s consolidated statements of earnings as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | (97 | )
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 9 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 13 |
Total |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | (84 | )
Schedule of Pre-tax Tobacco and Health Litigation Charges | For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, pre-tax charges related to certain tobacco and health litigation items were recorded in Altria Group, Inc.’s consolidated statements of earnings as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Smokeable products segment |  | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 127 |
Interest and other debt expense, net |  | 8 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 23 |
Total |  | $ | 80 |  |  | $ | 105 |  |  | $ | 150 |
Schedule Of Pre-Tax Charges (Gains) Included In Net Earnings | As a result of the 2017 lump sum distributions, a one-time pre-tax settlement charge of $81 million was recorded in 2017 in Altria Group, Inc.’s consolidated statement of earnings as follows:
For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
(in millions) | Cost of Sales |  |  | Marketing, Administration and Research Costs |  |  | Total |
Smokeable products | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 57 |
Smokeless products | — |  |  | 16 |  |  | 16 |
General corporate and other | — |  |  | 8 |  |  | 8 |
Total | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 81 |
During 2017 and 2016, the following pre-tax charges or (gains) were included in net earnings attributable to Altria Group, Inc.:
| 2017 Quarters
(in millions) | 1st |  |  | 2nd |  |  | 3rd |  |  | 4th |
NPM Adjustment Items | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | — |
Tobacco and health litigation items, including accrued interest | 1 |  |  | 17 |  |  | — |  |  | 62 |
Asset impairment, exit, implementation and acquisition-related costs | 30 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 12 |
Settlement charge for lump sum pension payments | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 81 |
Gain on AB InBev/SABMiller business combination | — |  |  | (408 | ) |  | (37 | ) |  | — |
AB InBev special items | 73 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 51 |
| $ | 103 |  |  | $ | (359 | ) |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 206 |
| 2016 Quarters
(in millions) | 1st |  |  | 2nd |  |  | 3rd |  |  | 4th |
NPM Adjustment Items | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Tobacco and health litigation items, including accrued interest | 38 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 17 |
Patent litigation settlement | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 21 |
Asset impairment, exit, implementation and acquisition-related costs | 122 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 73 |
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | — |  |  | — |  |  | 823 |  |  | — |
Gain on AB InBev/SABMiller business combination | (40 | ) |  | (117 | ) |  | (48 | ) |  | (13,660 | )
SABMiller special items | 166 |  |  | 21 |  |  | (40 | ) |  | (236 | )
| $ | 304 |  |  | $ | (86 | ) |  | $ | 786 |  |  | $ | (13,785 | )

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