Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses

Other Comprehensive Earnings/Losses:

The following tables set forth the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive losses, net of deferred income taxes, attributable to Altria Group, Inc.:

	Currency Translation Adjustments		Benefit Plans			SABMiller			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
	(in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2012	$	2	$	(2,414	)	$	372		$	(2,040	)
Other comprehensive earnings (losses) before reclassifications	—		30			(143		)	(113		)
Deferred income taxes	—		(13		)	50			37
Other comprehensive earnings (losses) before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes	—		17			(93		)	(76		)
Amounts reclassified to net earnings	—		79			(2		)	77
Deferred income taxes	—		(30		)	1			(29		)
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes	—		49			(1		)	48
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes	—		66			(94		)	(28		)
Balances, March 31, 2013	$	2	$	(2,348	)	$	278		$	(2,068	)

	Currency Translation Adjustments		Benefit Plans			SABMiller			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses
	(in millions)
Balances, December 31, 2011	$	2	$	(2,062	)	$	173		$	(1,887	)
Other comprehensive earnings before reclassifications	—		—			273			273
Deferred income taxes	—		—			(96		)	(96		)
Other comprehensive earnings before reclassifications, net of deferred income taxes	—		—			177			177
Amounts reclassified to net earnings	—		37			4			41
Deferred income taxes	—		(15		)	(1		)	(16		)
Amounts reclassified to net earnings, net of deferred income taxes	—		22			3			25
Other comprehensive earnings, net of deferred income taxes	—		22			180			202
Balances, March 31, 2012	$	2	$	(2,040	)	$	353		$	(1,685	)

The following table sets forth pre-tax amounts by component, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(in millions)
Benefit Plans: (a)
Net loss	$	87		$	71
Prior service cost/credit	(8		)	(34		)
	$	79		$	37
SABMiller (b)	$	(2	)	$	4
Pre-tax amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses to net earnings	$	77		$	41

^(a) Amounts are included in net defined benefit plan costs. For further details, see Note 3. Benefit Plans.

^(b) Amounts are included in earnings from equity investment in SABMiller. For further information on Altria Group, Inc.’s equity investment in SABMiller, see Note 4. Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller.