Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Pre-tax Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs

Pre-tax asset impairment, exit and implementation costs recorded in connection with the facilities consolidation, as discussed below, consisted of the following:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018						For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	Asset Impairment and Exit Costs		Implementation Costs ⁽¹⁾		Total		Asset Impairment and Exit Costs		Implementation Costs ⁽¹⁾		Total
	(in millions)
Smokeable products	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	1	$	5	$	6
Smokeless products	2		—		2		3		18		21
Total	$	2	$	1	$	3	$	4	$	23	$	27

⁽¹⁾ The pre-tax implementation costs were included in cost of sales in Altria Group, Inc.’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings.

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve

The movement in the restructuring liabilities (excluding termination, settlement and curtailment costs), substantially all of which are severance liabilities, was as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
	(in millions)
Balances at December 31, 2017	$	33
Charges	2
Cash spent	(9		)
Balances at March 31, 2018	$	26