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Segment Reporting
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting Segment Reporting:

The products of Altria’s subsidiaries include smokeable tobacco products, consisting of combustible cigarettes manufactured and sold by PM USA and Nat Sherman, machine-made large cigars and pipe tobacco manufactured and sold by Middleton and premium cigars sold by Nat Sherman; smokeless tobacco products, consisting of moist smokeless tobacco and snus products manufactured and sold by USSTC and oral nicotine pouches (tobacco-derived nicotine) sold by Helix; and wine produced and/or distributed by Ste. Michelle. The products and services of these subsidiaries constitute Altria’s reportable segments of smokeable products, smokeless products and wine. The financial services and the innovative tobacco products businesses are included in all other.

Altria’s chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) reviews operating companies income to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, the segments. Operating companies income for the segments is defined as operating income before general corporate expenses and amortization of intangibles. Interest and other debt expense, net, net periodic benefit income/cost, excluding service cost, and provision for income taxes are centrally managed at the corporate level and, accordingly, such items are not presented by segment since they are excluded from the measure of segment profitability reviewed by the CODM.

Segment data were as follows: 
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(in millions)
Net revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Smokeable products
 
$
16,837

 
$
16,995

 
$
6,049

 
$
6,035

Smokeless products
 
1,762

 
1,690

 
620

 
586

Wine
 
483

 
489

 
167

 
181

All other
 
21

 
76

 
20

 
35

Net revenues
 
$
19,103

 
$
19,250

 
$
6,856

 
$
6,837

Earnings (losses) before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating companies income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Smokeable products
 
$
6,864

 
$
6,516

 
$
2,561

 
$
2,277

Smokeless products
 
1,195

 
1,085

 
417

 
370

Wine
 
50

 
73

 
16

 
29

All other
 
(27
)
 
(121
)
 
8

 
(38
)
Amortization of intangibles
 
(28
)
 
(30
)
 
(12
)
 
(20
)
General corporate expenses
 
(154
)
 
(152
)
 
(46
)
 
(61
)
Corporate asset impairment and exit costs
 
(1
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

Operating income
 
7,899

 
7,371

 
2,944

 
2,557

Interest and other debt expense, net
 
(989
)
 
(503
)
 
(293
)
 
(159
)
Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost
 
40

 
37

 
24

 
21

Earnings from equity investments
 
866

 
759

 
333

 
189

Impairment of JUUL equity securities
 
(4,500
)
 
—

 
(4,500
)
 
—

Loss on Cronos-related financial instruments
 
(1,327
)
 
—

 
(636
)
 
—

Loss on ABI/SABMiller business combination
 
—

 
(33
)
 
—

 
—

Earnings (losses) before income taxes
 
$
1,989

 
$
7,631

 
$
(2,128
)
 
$
2,608



The comparability of operating companies income for the reportable segments was affected by the following:

Non-Participating Manufacturer (“NPM”) Adjustment Items - For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, pre-tax income of $145 million for NPM adjustment items was recorded by PM USA as a reduction to cost of sales, which increased operating companies income in the smokeable products segment. NPM adjustment items result from the resolutions of certain disputes with states and territories related to the NPM adjustment provision under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (such dispute resolutions are referred to as “NPM Adjustment Items” and are more fully described in Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation - NPM Adjustment Disputes in Note 13. Contingencies).

Tobacco and Health Litigation Items - Pre-tax charges related to certain tobacco and health litigation items were recorded in Altria’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings as follows:
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(in millions)
Smokeable products segment
 
$
43

 
$
94

 
$
3

 
$
10

Smokeless products segment
 
—

 
10

 
—

 
10

Interest and other debt expense, net
 
5

 
15

 
—

 
1

Total
 
$
48

 
$
119

 
$
3

 
$
21



The amounts shown in the table above for the smokeable and smokeless products segments were recorded in marketing, administration and research costs. For further discussion, see Note 13. Contingencies.

Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs - See Note 3. Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs for a breakdown of these costs by segment.