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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were calculated using the following:
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | (in millions)
Net earnings attributable to Altria |  | $ | 1,552 |  |  | $ | 1,120 |
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to share-based awards |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Earnings for basic and diluted EPS |  | $ | 1,550 |  |  | $ | 1,118 |
Weighted-average shares for basic and diluted EPS |  | 1,858 |  |  | 1,874 |

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