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Contingencies (Medical Monitoring Class Actions Narrative) (Details) (Medical Monitoring Class Actions [Member], Donovan [Member], Medical Monitoring Class Actions [Member], USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Medical Monitoring Class Actions [Member] | Donovan [Member] | Medical Monitoring Class Actions [Member]
 
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]  
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value $ 190,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
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= mo_DonovanMember
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= mo_MedicalMonitoringClassActionsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= mo_MedicalMonitoringClassActionsMember