Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 3,352,000,000	$ 1,333,000,000
Receivables	158,000,000	142,000,000
Inventories:
Leaf tobacco	930,000,000	940,000,000
Other raw materials	190,000,000	186,000,000
Work in process	651,000,000	647,000,000
Finished product	585,000,000	558,000,000
Inventory, net	2,356,000,000	2,331,000,000
Income taxes	3,000,000	167,000,000
Other current assets	393,000,000	326,000,000
Total current assets	6,262,000,000	4,299,000,000
Property, plant and equipment, at cost	4,917,000,000	4,950,000,000
Less accumulated depreciation	2,995,000,000	3,012,000,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,922,000,000	1,938,000,000
Goodwill	5,196,000,000	5,196,000,000
Other intangible assets, net	12,327,000,000	12,279,000,000
Investments in equity securities	32,015,000,000	30,496,000,000
Other assets	1,511,000,000	1,430,000,000
Total Assets	59,233,000,000	55,638,000,000
Liabilities
Short-term borrowings	0	12,704,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt	2,144,000,000	1,144,000,000
Accounts payable	205,000,000	399,000,000
Accrued liabilities:
Marketing	490,000,000	586,000,000
Settlement charges	4,367,000,000	3,454,000,000
Other	1,412,000,000	1,403,000,000
Dividends payable	1,501,000,000	1,503,000,000
Total current liabilities	10,119,000,000	21,193,000,000
Long-term debt	27,024,000,000	11,898,000,000
Deferred income taxes	5,353,000,000	5,172,000,000
Accrued pension costs	497,000,000	544,000,000
Accrued postretirement health care costs	1,764,000,000	1,749,000,000
Other liabilities	357,000,000	254,000,000
Total liabilities	45,114,000,000	40,810,000,000
Contingencies (Note 12)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	38,000,000	39,000,000
Stockholders’ Equity
Common stock, par value $0.33 1/3 per share (2,805,961,317 shares issued)	935,000,000	935,000,000
Additional paid-in capital	5,943,000,000	5,961,000,000
Earnings reinvested in the business	43,582,000,000	43,962,000,000
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(2,717,000,000)	(2,547,000,000)
Cost of repurchased stock (934,207,054 shares at March 31, 2019 and 931,903,722 shares at December 31, 2018)	(33,664,000,000)	(33,524,000,000)
Total stockholders’ equity attributable to Altria	14,079,000,000	14,787,000,000
Noncontrolling interests	2,000,000	2,000,000
Total stockholders’ equity	14,081,000,000	14,789,000,000	$ 15,397,000,000	$ 15,380,000,000
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$ 59,233,000,000	$ 55,638,000,000