Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 6,553	$ 6,242	$ 18,386	$ 18,376
Cost of sales	1,939	1,982	5,210	5,860
Excise taxes on products	1,793	1,776	5,127	5,336
Gross profit	2,821	2,484	8,049	7,180
Marketing, administration and research costs	659	548	1,723	1,678
Changes to Mondelēz and PMI tax-related receivables/payables	25	(48)	25	(48)
Asset impairment and exit costs	0	10	1	47
Amortization of intangibles	5	5	15	15
Operating income (expense)	2,132	1,969	6,285	5,488
Interest and other debt expense, net	269	282	794	868
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0	874	0	874
Earnings from equity investment in SABMiller	(255)	(230)	(738)	(973)
Earnings before income taxes	2,118	1,043	6,229	4,719
Provision for income taxes	722	386	2,182	1,641
Net earnings	1,396	657	4,047	3,078
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0	(1)
Net earnings attributable to Altria Group, Inc.	$ 1,396	$ 657	$ 4,047	$ 3,077
Per share data:
Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Altria Group, Inc. (usd per share)	$ 0.70	$ 0.32	$ 2.02	$ 1.51
Dividends declared (usd per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.44	$ 1.36	$ 1.26