2.2.0.7 false Income Taxes 0209 - Disclosure - Income Taxes 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 Income Taxes [Abstract] 0 rai_IncomeTaxAbstract rai false na duration Income Tax. 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 Income Tax. false 3 Income Taxes 1 us-gaap_IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. 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 9 — Income Taxes</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The provision for income taxes from continuing operations was as follows: </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="52%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>For the Three Months Ended September 30,</b></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>For the Nine Months Ended September 30,</b></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2009</b></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2009</b></td> </tr>   <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Provision for income taxes from continuing operations </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$</td> <td align="right">237</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$</td> <td align="right">217</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$</td> <td align="right">661</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$</td> <td align="right">451</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Effective tax rate </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td> <td align="right">38.3</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">%</td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td> <td align="right">37.5</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">%</td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td> <td align="right">39.3</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">%</td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td> <td align="right">37.6</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">%</td> </tr>  </table> </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2010 was unfavorably impacted by a $27 million increase in tax attributable to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2009 was impacted by increases in unrecognized income tax benefits and increases in tax attributable to accumulated and undistributed foreign earnings. The effective tax rate includes the impact of federal and state taxes and certain nondeductible items, offset by the domestic production activities deduction of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Description containing the entire income tax disclosure. Examples include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. 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