Contingencies Contingencies (Federal Government Lawsuit) (Details) (Federal Governments Lawsuit [Member], Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012
Federal Governments Lawsuit [Member] | Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Federal Government Original Complaint Date	1999
Amount of alleged annual costs health care programs	$ 20,000,000,000
Amount of disgorgement of profits requested in Federal Government lawsuit	280,000,000,000
Government Proposed Final Judgement Date	June 2005
Proposed final judgment	14,000,000,000
Fund for 5-year national smoking cessation program	10,000,000,000
Fund For 10-Year Public Education And Counter Marketing Campaign	4,000,000,000
Loss contingency, period of occurrence	August 2006
Document Repository Agreement date	December 2011
Loss Contingency, Amount Of District Court Deposit	$ 3,100,000
Loss Contingency Installment Period	5