2.2.0.7 false Asset Impairment and Exit Charges 0204 - Disclosure - Asset Impairment and Exit Charges true false false false 1 USD false false USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 Pure Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance pure xbrli 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Asset Impairment and Exit Charges [Abstract] 0 rai_AssetImpairmentAndExitChargesAbstract rai false na duration Asset Impairment and Exit Charges Abstract. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string Asset Impairment and Exit Charges Abstract. false 3 Asset Impairment and Exit Charges 1 rai_AssetImpairmentAndExitChargesTextBlock rai false na duration Used to describe long-lived assets to be disposed by a method other than sale (for example, by abandonment, distribution in a... false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Note 4 — Asset Impairment and Exit Charges</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     On May 28, 2010, RAI announced that its operating companies are taking steps to optimize cigarette-manufacturing efficiencies, while complying with new regulatory requirements. One of RJR Tobacco’s cigarette factories in Winston-Salem, North Carolina will close by mid-2011 and a factory in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico closed in August 2010. Production from those facilities will transfer to RJR Tobacco’s facility in Tobaccoville, North Carolina. As a result of these actions, approximately 60 manufacturing positions in Puerto Rico were eliminated, and affected employees received severance benefits. In connection with these actions, during the second quarter of 2010, RJR Tobacco recorded an asset impairment of $24 million, and $14 million was recorded in the All Other segment, primarily for asset impairment, and to a lesser extent, severance that will be paid during 2010. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Used to describe long-lived assets to be disposed by a method other than sale (for example, by abandonment, distribution in a spin-off), it may disclose the details of the impairment of such assets from other assets that are held and used. Also includes details of other exit charges. No authoritative reference available. false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true