Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 6,359	$ 5,628
Cost of sales	2,173	1,578
Excise taxes on products	1,313	1,239
Gross profit	2,873	2,811
Marketing, administration and research costs	537	533
Asset impairment and exit costs	0	40
Operating income (expense)	2,336	2,238
Interest and other debt expense, net	275	384
Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost	(27)	(1)
Earnings from equity investments	(157)	(86)
Loss on Cronos-related financial instruments	137	425
Earnings (losses) before income taxes and equity earnings of subsidiaries	2,108	1,516
Provision for income taxes	558	395
Net earnings	1,550	1,121
Net (earnings) losses attributable to noncontrolling interests	2	(1)
Net earnings attributable to Altria	$ 1,552	$ 1,120
Per share data:
Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Altria (in usd per share)	$ 0.83	$ 0.60