Leases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Lease cost components

The components of PMI’s lease cost were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2020		2019
Operating lease cost	$	60	$	60
Short-term lease cost	13		12
Variable lease cost	8		8
Total lease cost	$	81	$	80

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, lease cost of $19 million were recorded in cost of sales and $62 million were recorded in marketing, administration and research cost. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, lease costs of $19 million were recorded in cost of sales and $61 million were recorded in marketing, administration and research cost.