Contingencies (Trial Results Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				178 Months Ended			178 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Oct. 21, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases [Member]	Oct. 21, 2013 Individual Smoking And Health Cases [Member]	Oct. 21, 2013 Since January 1999 [Member] Engle Progeny Cases [Member]	Oct. 21, 2013 Since January 1999 [Member] Engle and Non-Engle Cases [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Since January 1999 [Member] Non Engle Progeny Cases [Member]	Oct. 21, 2013 Health Care Cost Recovery [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Judgment Interest Paid Aggregate							$ 142,000,000	$ 500,000
Pending and upcoming tobacco-related trials					2	0
Number of verdicts returned							47		56
Verdicts returned in favor of defendants							23		38
Judgments Paid Aggregate	(16,000,000)	(3,000,000)	(16,000,000)	(124,000,000)				258,000,000
Verdicts returned in favor of plaintiffs							24		18
Cases reaching final resolution									13
Verdicts Reversed										1
Loss Contingency, Damages Paid, Value							$ 5,400,000