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Contingencies (Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation) (Narrative) (Details) (Health Care Cost Recovery Actions [Member], USD $)
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Apr. 14, 2014
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Jan. 02, 2015
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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| Cases brought against PM | 15 | [1] | 15 | [1] | 15 | [1] | ||||
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Canada [Member]
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| Cases brought against PM | 9 | |||||||||
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Korea [Member]
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| Cases brought against PM | 1 | |||||||||
| Loss contingency, damages sought, value | $ 53.7 | |||||||||
| Loss contingency damages sought number of patients | 3,484 | |||||||||
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Nigeria [Member]
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| Cases brought against PM | 5 | |||||||||
| Subsequent Event [Member] | Canada [Member] | ||||||||||
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| Description of Pending Litigation | A tenth health care cost recovery case was filed in Canada on January 2, 2015. | |||||||||
| Detailed Description of Pending Litigation | In the tenth health care cost recovery case filed in Canada, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia v. Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc., et al., Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada, filed January 2, 2015, we, our subsidiaries, our indemnitees (PM USA and Altria), and other members of the industry are defendants. The claim was filed by the government of the province of Nova Scotia based on legislation enacted in the province that is similar to the laws enacted in several other Canadian provinces. The legislation authorizes the government to file a direct action against cigarette manufacturers to recover the health care costs it has incurred, and will incur, as a result of a “tobacco related wrong.” | |||||||||
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