Loss Contingency, Damages Recoverable, Value

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Cases That Opted Out Of Settlement

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Class Action Lawsuits Pending Not Subject To Settlement Agreement

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Putative Class Action Antitrust Lawsuits Not Subject to Settlement Agreement

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Third Party Cases Not Subject To Settlement Agreement

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Loss Contingency, Pre-Tax Provision

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Loss Contingency, Royalty Fee Percentage

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Number Of Days To Review

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Number of Third Party Lawsuits

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Amount awarded to other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff in the legal matter.

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Amount of damages paid to the plaintiff in the legal matter.

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Number of another entity's patents that the entity has allegedly infringed.

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Number of another entity's patents that the entity was found to have infringed.

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Number of another entity's patents that the entity was found not to have infringed.

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Contingencies (E-vapor Litigation and IQOS Litigation) (Details)		1 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	4 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2025 patent	Oct. 31, 2024 patent	Jun. 30, 2024 patent	Aug. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) d	May 31, 2023 USD ($) case claim thirdPartyClaim	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2024 patent	Dec. 31, 2024 lawsuit	Jan. 31, 2023
E-vapor Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation settlement						$ 235,000,000
Number of cases that opted out of settlement \| case						20
Loss contingency, number of third party cases not subject to settlement agreement \| thirdPartyClaim						38
Loss contingency, pre-tax provision								$ 20,000,000
Loss contingency, number of class action lawsuits pending not subject to settlement agreement \| claim						3
Loss contingency, number of putative class action antitrust lawsuits not subject to settlement agreement \| claim						17
Number of third party lawsuits \| lawsuit										4
Damages awarded, value				$ 10,000,000
Judgments paid (approximately)				$ 10,000,000
Loss contingency, damages recoverable, value					$ 0
Patents allegedly infringed \| patent		2	3						4
Number of days to review \| d					60
Patents found not infringed \| patent			1
IQOS [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded, value							$ 95,000,000
Loss contingency, royalty fee percentage											5.25%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| E-vapor Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Patents found infringed \| patent	4