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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were calculated using the following:
|  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (in millions)
Net earnings attributable to Altria |  | $ | 5,713 |  |  | $ | 5,256 |  |  | $ | 1,943 |  |  | $ | 1,866 |
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to share-based awards |  | (7 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Earnings for basic and diluted EPS |  | $ | 5,706 |  |  | $ | 5,249 |  |  | $ | 1,941 |  |  | $ | 1,864 |
Weighted-average shares for basic and diluted EPS |  | 1,891 |  |  | 1,927 |  |  | 1,883 |  |  | 1,915 |

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