Contingencies (Other Matters) (Details) (USD $)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		62 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012 Israel	Dec. 31, 2013 Lights/Multi District Litigation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Lights [Member]	Jan. 27, 2014 Lights [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Lights/Ultra Lights Class Actions [Member] Illinois Price [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Lights Ultra Lights Class Certification Cases Pending in United States	15
Lights Ultra Lights Cases Pending in Federal Courts	3
Purported number of class action lawsuits served			4		26
Attorney Fees Ordered Paid to Defendents by Court		$ 100,000
Additional class action certifications denied, reversed, dismissed or resolved				19
Cases Voluntarily Dismissed				13
Loss contingency, period of occurrence						March 2003
Loss Contingency, Date of Dismissal						Dec. 31, 2006
Tobacco Price Cases	1
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Compensatory Damages						7,100,000,000
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Punitive Damages						$ 3,000,000,000