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Investments in Equity Securities Investments in Equity Securities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Investments [Abstract] |
Investment | Altria’s investments consisted of the following:
|  | Carrying Amount
|  | June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
|  | (in millions)
ABI |  | $ | 17,669 |  |  | $ | 17,696 |
JUUL |  | 12,805 |  |  | 12,800 |
Cronos (1) |  | 1,620 |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 32,094 |  |  | $ | 30,496 |
(1) Includes investment in Acquired Common Shares ($544 million), the Cronos warrant ($763 million) and the Fixed-price Preemptive Rights ($313 million) as discussed further below.
Equity Method Investments | Earnings from equity investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting consisted of the following:
|  | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended June 30,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | (in millions)
ABI |  | $ | 388 |  |  | $ | 570 |  |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 228 |
Cronos (1) |  | 145 |  |  | — |  |  | 145 |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 533 |  |  | $ | 570 |  |  | $ | 447 |  |  | $ | 228 |
(1) Represents Altria’s share of Cronos’s earnings for the period March 8, 2019 through March 31, 2019, substantially all of which relates to mark-to-market gains on Cronos’s derivative financial instruments associated with the issuance of additional shares.

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