Contingencies (Engle Progeny Cases Trial Results - Pending and Concluded) (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended						3 Months Ended
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Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation							$ 1,000,000		$ 17,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																																																								$ 145,000,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																																																								$ 74,000,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Sommers [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded	$ 1,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Sommers [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage	40.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Santoro [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded							1,600,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Santoro [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded							$ 450,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage							28.00%
Punitive damages awarded							$ 100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, J. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded		$ 5,400,000
Engle Progeny Cases, J. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage		35.00%
Punitive damages awarded		$ 200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Pardue [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded								$ 5,900,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Pardue [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded		5,200,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage								25.00%
Punitive damages awarded								$ 6,750,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Martin [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded												$ 5,400,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Martin [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded												$ 2,480,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage												46.00%
Punitive damages awarded												$ 450,000
Appeal bond posted		2,900,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Howles [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded												4,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Howles [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded												$ 2,000,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage												50.00%
Punitive damages awarded												$ 3,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Oshinsky-Blacker [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded													$ 6,155,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Oshinsky-Blacker [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded													$ 3,700,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage													60.00%
Punitive damages awarded													$ 1,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Sermons [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded														$ 65,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Sermons [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded														$ 9,750
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage														15.00%
Punitive damages awarded														$ 51,225
Engle Progeny Cases, Purdo [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded															$ 21,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Purdo [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded															$ 2,520,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage															12.00%
Punitive damages awarded															$ 6,250,000
Appeal bond posted			$ 1,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCall [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded									350,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCall [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded									$ 87,500
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage									25.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Ahrens [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded				$ 9,000,000
Appeal bond posted															$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ahrens [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage				24.00%
Punitive damages awarded				$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ledoux [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																	$ 10,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																	$ 12,500,000
Appeal bond posted									$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ledoux [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																	47.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Barbose [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																		$ 10,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																		$ 500,000
Appeal bond posted				2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Barbose [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																		42.50%
Engle Progeny Cases, Tognoli [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																		$ 1,050,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Tognoli [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																		$ 157,500
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																		15.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Danielson [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																		$ 325,000
Punitive damages awarded																		325,000
Economic damages sought																		$ 2,300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Danielson [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																		49.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Marchese [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																			$ 1,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																			250,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Marchese [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																			$ 225,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																			22.50%
Appeal bond posted			475,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Duignan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded										$ 6,000,000
Appeal bond posted																		$ 2,700,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Duignan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage										37.00%
Punitive damages awarded										$ 3,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Cooper [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded										4,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Cooper [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded				300,000						$ 450,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage										10.00%
Appeal bond posted									300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Jordan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																				$ 7,800,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																				60.00%
Punitive damages awarded																				$ 3,200,000
Reduced compensatory awards																				$ 6,400,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCoy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																					$ 1,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCoy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																					$ 300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																					20.00%
Punitive damages awarded																					$ 3,000,000
Appeal bond posted																$ 1,650,000
Engle Progeny Cases, M. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																							$ 6,375,000
Appeal bond posted																							$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Gore [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 2,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Gore [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 460,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																								23.00%
Appeal bond posted																			$ 460,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Pollari [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 10,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Pollari [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 4,250,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																								42.50%
Punitive damages awarded																								$ 1,500,000
Appeal bond posted																2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Zamboni [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																									$ 340,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Zamboni [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																									$ 34,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																									10.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Caprio [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																									25.00%
Economic damages awarded																									$ 559,172
Engle Progeny Cases, McKeever [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																									11,630,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McKeever [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																									$ 5,800,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																									60.00%
Appeal bond posted																						$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, D. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																										$ 9,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, D. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																										$ 8,300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																										55.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Allen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																											$ 3,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Allen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																														$ 6,000,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																											6.00%
Punitive damages awarded																											$ 7,760,000																			$ 17,000,000
Appeal bond posted										$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Perrotto [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																											4,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Perrotto [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																											$ 1,020,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																											25.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Boatright [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																											$ 15,000,000
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																											300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Boatright [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																											$ 12,750,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																											85.00%
Punitive damages awarded																											$ 19,700,000
Appeal bond posted																									$ 3,980,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kerrivan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																												$ 15,800,000
Punitive damages awarded																												$ 25,300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kerrivan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																												50.00%
Punitive damages awarded																												$ 15,700,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Lourie [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																												1,370,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Lourie [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																												$ 370,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																												27.00%
Appeal bond posted																											$ 370,318
Engle Progeny Cases, Berger [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																													$ 6,250,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																													60.00%
Punitive damages awarded																													$ 20,760,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Harris [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																														$ 1,730,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Harris [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																														15.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Griffin [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																															$ 1,270,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Griffin [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																															$ 630,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																															50.00%
Appeal bond posted																												$ 640,543
Engle Progeny Cases, Burkhart [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																$ 5,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																																$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Burkhart [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																15.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																$ 750,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Skolnick [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																					$ 2,555,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Skolnick [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																					$ 766,500
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																					30.00%
Appeal bond posted																																		$ 766,500
Engle Progeny Cases, Starr-Blundell [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																					$ 500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Starr-Blundell [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																					$ 50,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																					10.00%
Provision related to litigation recorded									55,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Graham [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																						$ 2,750,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Graham [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																						$ 275,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																						10.00%
Appeal bond posted																																			$ 277,750
Engle Progeny Cases, Searcy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																				$ 1,000,000			$ 6,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Searcy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																							30.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																				$ 1,670,000			$ 10,000,000
Appeal bond posted																																		$ 2,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																											$ 21,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded						$ 16,100,000										4,025,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																											25.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																											$ 17,000,000
Appeal bond posted																																									$ 1,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																																											17,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Lorillard [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																																											13,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Liggett Group [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																																											8,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Putney [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																			$ 15,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Putney [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																			$ 2,300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																			15.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																																			$ 2,500,000
Appeal bond posted																																															$ 1,600,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Naugle [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																			3,700,000							$ 12,300,000										$ 13,000,000	$ 56,600,000
Punitive damages awarded																																			$ 7,500,000							$ 24,500,000										26,000,000	$ 244,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Naugle [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																					90.00%
Appeal bond posted																																																			$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Merino [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																					$ 8,000,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																					70.00%
Punitive damages awarded																					$ 6,500,000
Appeal bond posted								14,500,000		5,000,000
Provision related to litigation recorded								$ 16,900,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Merino [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation	$ 17,400,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Varner [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded														1,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Varner [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded														$ 375,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage														25.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Varner [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation		$ 600,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hancock [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded						0
Damages awarded, value						$ 110,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hancock [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage						5.00%
Economic damages awarded					$ 700
Damages sought, value					$ 20,000
Engle Progeny Cases, R. Cohen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																				10,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																																																				20,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, R. Cohen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																				$ 3,300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																				33.30%
Punitive damages awarded																																																				$ 10,000,000
Appeal bond posted				7,500,000																																												$ 2,500,000
Provision related to litigation recorded										17,900,000
Engle Progeny Cases, R. Cohen [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation			19,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Buchanan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																								$ 5,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Buchanan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																								37.00%
Appeal bond posted				5,500,000																																			$ 2,500,000
Provision related to litigation recorded										4,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Buchanan [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation			4,400,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hallgren [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																													$ 2,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hallgren [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																													$ 500,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																													25.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																													$ 750,000
Appeal bond posted																$ 500,000																												$ 1,250,000
Provision related to litigation recorded									2,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hallgren [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation			2,300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kayton (Formerly Tate) [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																		$ 8,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kayton (Formerly Tate) [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																		$ 5,100,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																		64.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																																		$ 16,200,000
Appeal bond posted				15,000,000																																													$ 5,000,000
Provision related to litigation recorded										28,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kayton (Formerly Tate) [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation			30,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Bowden [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																	$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Bowden [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																	$ 1,500,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																	30.00%
Appeal bond posted																															$ 1,500,000
Provision related to litigation recorded									$ 1,600,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Bowden [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation			2,700,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hess [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																							$ 3,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																																																							5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hess [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																											$ 1,260,000												$ 1,200,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																							42.00%
Appeal bond posted																																																						$ 7,000,000
Provision related to litigation recorded										$ 6,600,000	$ 3,200,000
Payments made related to litigation			$ 843,261	$ 10,600,000