Asset Impairment, Exit And Implementation Costs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Asset Impairment, Exit And Implementation Costs [Abstract]

Pre-Tax Asset Impairment, Exit And Implementation Costs

Pre-tax asset impairment, exit and implementation costs for the six and three months ended June 30, 2012 consisted of the following:




	For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2012								For The Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
	Asset Impairment and Exit Costs		Implementation (Gain) Costs			Total			Asset Impairment and Exit Costs		Implementation Costs		Total
	(in millions)
Smokeable products	$	23	$	(12	)	$	11		$	16	$	9	$	25
Smokeless products	14		5			19			—		—		—
General corporate	—		(1		)	(1		)	—		—		—
Total	$	37	$	(8	)	$	29		$	16	$	9	$	25

Movement In The Severance Liability And Details Of Asset Impairment And Exit Costs



	Severance			Other			Total
	(in millions)
Severance liability balance, December 31, 2011	$	156		$	—		$	156
Charges	—			37			37
Cash spent	(59		)	(12		)	(71		)
Other	—			(25		)	(25		)
Severance liability balance, June 30, 2012	$	97		$	—		$	97

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of restructuring and related costs by type of restructuring including the description of the restructuring costs, such as the expected cost; the costs incurred during the period; the cumulative costs incurred as of the balance sheet date; the income statement caption within which the restructuring charges recognized for the period are included; and changes to an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost.

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