Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues including excise taxes	$ 18,253	$ 17,705
Excise taxes on products	11,100	10,954
Net revenues	7,153	6,751
Cost of sales	2,402	2,465
Gross profit	4,751	4,286
Marketing, administration and research costs (Notes 8, 18 & 19)	1,944	2,217
Amortization of intangibles	18	19
Operating income	2,789	2,050
Interest expense, net	129	152
Pension and other employee benefit costs (Note 3)	23	21
Earnings before income taxes	2,637	1,877
Provision for income taxes	596	424
Equity investments and securities (income)/loss, net	54	(11)
Net earnings	1,987	1,464
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	161	110
Net earnings attributable to PMI	$ 1,826	$ 1,354
Per share data:
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.17	$ 0.87
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.17	$ 0.87