Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 5,628	$ 6,108
Cost of sales	1,578	1,734
Excise taxes on products	1,239	1,438
Gross profit	2,811	2,936
Marketing, administration and research costs	533	618
Asset impairment and exit costs	40	2
Operating (expense) income	2,238	2,316
Interest and other debt expense, net	384	166
Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost	(1)	(7)
Earnings from equity investment in AB InBev	(86)	(342)
Loss on Cronos-related financial instruments	425	0
Loss on AB InBev/SABMiller business combination	0	33
(Loss) earnings before income taxes and equity earnings of subsidiaries	1,516	2,466
Provision for income taxes	395	571
Net earnings	1,121	1,895
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1)	(1)
Net earnings attributable to Altria	$ 1,120	$ 1,894
Per share data:
Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Altria (in usd per share)	$ 0.60	$ 1.00