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Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 6,114	$ 6,837	$ 6,305	$ 6,108	$ 6,101	$ 6,729	$ 6,663	$ 6,083	$ 25,364	$ 25,576	$ 25,744
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| McLane Company Inc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage									27.00%	26.00%	25.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage									14.00%	14.00%	14.00%
Smokeable Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									$ 22,297	$ 22,636	$ 22,851
Smokeable Products [Member] \| Cigarettes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									21,506	21,900	22,199
Smokeable Products [Member] \| Cigars [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									791	736	652
Wine [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									$ 691	$ 698	$ 746
Wine [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Two Distributors [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage									64.00%
Wine [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Three Distributors [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage										67.00%	69.00%
Smokeless Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									$ 2,262	$ 2,155	$ 2,051
Operating Segments [Member] \| Smokeless Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Inventory recall expense										$ 60