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Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 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.:
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
|  | Benefit Plans |  | AB InBev |  | Currency Translation Adjustments and Other |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2017 |  | $ | (1,839 | ) |  | $ | (54 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (1,897 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | — |  |  | (81 | ) |  | — |  |  | (81 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 16 |  |  | — |  |  | 16 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (65 | ) |  | — |  |  | (65 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | 61 |  |  | (13 | ) |  | — |  |  | 48 |
Deferred income taxes |  | (16 | ) |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | (13 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | 45 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | — |  |  | 35 |
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes |  | 45 |  |  | (75 | ) | (1 | ) | — |  |  | (30 | )
Balances, March 31, 2018 |  | $ | (1,794 | ) |  | $ | (129 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (1,927 | )
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
|  | Benefit Plans |  | AB InBev |  | Currency Translation Adjustments and Other |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
|  | (in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2016 |  | $ | (2,048 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (2,052 | )
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications |  | — |  |  | (296 | ) |  | — |  |  | (296 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | 104 |  |  | — |  |  | 104 |
Other comprehensive losses before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | (192 | ) |  | — |  |  | (192 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings |  | 54 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 54 |
Deferred income taxes |  | (22 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (22 | )
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes |  | 32 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 32 |
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes |  | 32 |  |  | (192 | ) | (1 | ) | — |  |  | (160 | )
Balances, March 31, 2017 |  | $ | (2,016 | ) |  | $ | (192 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (2,212 | )
(1) Primarily reflects currency translation adjustments.
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | The following table sets forth pre-tax amounts by component, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings:
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (in millions)
Benefit Plans: (1) |  |  |  |
Net loss |  | $ | 70 |  |  | $ | 62 |
Prior service cost/credit |  | (9 | ) |  | (8 | )
|  | 61 |  |  | 54 |
AB InBev (2) |  | (13 | ) |  | — |
Pre-tax amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 54 |
(1) Amounts are included in net defined benefit plan costs. For further details, see Note 4. Benefit Plans. (2) Amounts are primarily included in earnings from equity investment in AB InBev.

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