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Asset Impairment, Exit, Implementation and Integration Costs
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Asset Impairment, Exit, Implementation and Integration Costs
Asset Impairment, Exit, Implementation and Integration Costs
Pre-tax asset impairment, exit, implementation and integration costs for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 consisted of the following:
 
For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
(in millions)
Asset Impairment
and Exit Costs

 
Implementation
Costs

 
Total

Smokeable products
$
3

 
$
1

 
$
4

Smokeless products
3

 

 
3

All other
5

 

 
5

Total
$
11

 
$
1

 
$
12

 
For the Year Ended December 31, 2012
(in millions)
Asset Impairment
and Exit Costs

 
Implementation
(Gain) Costs

 
Total

Smokeable products
$
38

 
$
(10
)
 
$
28

Smokeless products
22

 
6

 
28

General corporate
1

 
(1
)
 

Total
$
61

 
$
(5
)
 
$
56

 
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011
(in millions)
Asset Impairment
and Exit Costs

 
Implementation
Costs

 
Integration
Costs

 
Total

Smokeable products
$
182

 
$
1

 
$

 
$
183

Smokeless products
32

 

 
3

 
35

General corporate
8

 

 

 
8

Total
$
222

 
$
1

 
$
3

 
$
226


The pre-tax asset impairment, exit, implementation and integration costs for 2013, 2012 and 2011 shown above are primarily related to the cost reduction program discussed below.
2011 Cost Reduction Program: In October 2011, Altria Group, Inc. announced a cost reduction program (the “2011 Cost Reduction Program”) for its tobacco and service company subsidiaries, reflecting Altria Group, Inc.’s objective to reduce cigarette-related infrastructure ahead of PM USA’s cigarettes volume declines. Since the inception of the 2011 Cost Reduction Program, Altria Group, Inc. incurred total net pre-tax charges of $275 million as of December 31, 2013 related to this program. The net pre-tax charges included employee separation costs, primarily severance, of $212 million and other net charges of $63 million. These other net charges included lease termination and asset impairments, partially offset by a curtailment gain related to amendments made to an Altria Group, Inc. postretirement benefit plan. Total pre-tax charges, net, incurred related to the 2011 Cost Reduction Program are complete. Substantially all of these charges have resulted or will result in cash expenditures.
Cash payments related to the 2011 Cost Reduction Program of $41 million, $135 million and $9 million were made during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, for total cash payments of $185 million since inception.
The severance liability related to the 2011 Cost Reduction program was $37 million at December 31, 2012, substantially all of which was paid as of December 31, 2013.