Contingencies (Class Actions, Health Care Cost Recovery Actions, and Upcoming Trials) (Details)	1 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2013 case	May 31, 2013 case	Mar. 31, 2019 defendant case	Apr. 30, 2017 case	Dec. 31, 2001 case
Parsons v. AC & S Inc.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of defendants in bankruptcy | defendant			3
Tobacco Litigation Personal Injury Cases | West Virginia
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending					750
Claims dismissed		1
Number of plaintiffs	30
Individual Actions Cases
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending			33
Pending claims scheduled for trial			3
Engle Progeny Cases
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Pending claims scheduled for trial			2
Liggett
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending			1
Liggett | Class Actions
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending			3
Liggett | Tobacco Litigation Personal Injury Cases | West Virginia
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending			55	25
Liggett | Crow Creek Sioux Tribe v. American Tobacco Company
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending			1
Liggett | Individual Actions Cases | West Virginia
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending			2