Contingencies (Other Matters) (Details) (USD $)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Nov. 30, 2010 Lights/Multi District Litigation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Lights/Multi District Litigation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Lights [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Illinois Price [Member] Lights/Ultra Lights Class Actions [Member]	Nov. 28, 2012 Israel	Nov. 28, 2012 Israel Lights [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Aggregate Lights Ultra Lights Cases Pending	14
Purported number of class action lawsuits served				24
Date of Court Denial of Class Certification		November 2010					November 28, 2012
Attorney Fees Ordered Paid to Defendents by Court						$ 100,000
Number of class action certification denied or reversed			4
Additional class action certifications denied, reversed, dismissed or resolved				17
Lights Ultra Lights Cases Pending in Federal Courts	3
Cases Voluntarily Dismissed				13
Loss contingency, period of occurrence					March 2003
Compensatory damages jury award total					7,100,000,000
Punitive damages jury award total					$ 3,000,000,000
Loss contingency, reversal of judgment date					December 2005
Loss Contingency, Date of Dismissal					Dec. 31, 2006
Argentine Growers Cases	3