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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Restitution Receipts

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Vendor Settlement

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Lease Reserve Adjustments

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Amount of professional costs related to ongoing restitution proceedings, net attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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The amount special charges charged against earnings in the period for incurred and estimated costs associated with exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings pursuant to a duly authorized plan, excluding asset retirement obligations.

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Special Charges, Expected Future Charges

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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A fee charged for services from professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants. The term is often expanded to include other professions, for example, pharmacists charging to maintain a medicinal profile of a client or customer.

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DISPOSITIONS AND SPECIAL GAINS AND CHARGES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Special (gains) charges, net		$ 0.0	$ (0.8)	$ 0.8
NATG
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain (loss) on sale of business		(0.0)	(0.0)	178.9
Disposed of by Sale \| NATG
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restitution receipts		1.9
Professional fees		0.5
NATG
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restitution receipts				1.0
Ongoing restitution proceedings				0.1
Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Special (gains) charges, net		1.4	$ 0.0	178.3
Discontinued Operations \| NATG
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Special charges (settlement)		$ 0.5
Discontinued Operations \| Disposed of by Sale \| French Business Unit
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain (loss) on sale of business				178.9
Discontinued Operations \| NATG
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Special (gains) charges, net				0.6
Lease reserve adjustments				1.7
Vendor settlements receipts				0.2
Continuing Operations \| NATG
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Lease reserve adjustments				$ 0.8
Germany \| Continuing Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Buyout of outstanding lease obligation	$ 0.8