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Earnings Per Share | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Earnings Per Share: Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were calculated using the following:
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (in millions)
Net earnings attributable to Altria Group, Inc. |  | $ | 1,894 |  |  | $ | 1,401 |
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to share-based awards |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Earnings for basic and diluted EPS |  | $ | 1,892 |  |  | $ | 1,399 |
Weighted-average shares for basic and diluted EPS |  | 1,899 |  |  | 1,939 |

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