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Earnings (Losses) Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings (losses) per share (“EPS”) were calculated using the following:
|  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | (in millions)
Net earnings (losses) attributable to Altria |  | $ | 516 |  |  | $ | 5,713 |  |  | $ | (2,600 | ) |  | $ | 1,943 |
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to share-based awards |  | (5 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (2 | )
Earnings (losses) for basic and diluted EPS |  | $ | 511 |  |  | $ | 5,706 |  |  | $ | (2,601 | ) |  | $ | 1,941 |
Weighted-average shares for basic and diluted EPS |  | 1,871 |  |  | 1,891 |  |  | 1,868 |  |  | 1,883 |

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