Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Assets [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 3,620	$ 3,175	$ 3,775	$ 2,900
Receivables	113	115
Inventories:
Leaf tobacco	976	933
Other raw materials	188	180
Work in process	379	394
Finished product	427	372
Inventory, net	1,970	1,879
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Deferred income taxes	1,100	1,100
Other current assets	174	321
Total current assets	6,977	6,590
Property, plant and equipment, at cost	4,828	4,817
Less accumulated depreciation	2,825	2,789
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,003	2,028
Goodwill	5,174	5,174
Other intangible assets, net	12,053	12,058
Investment in SABMiller	6,734	6,455
Investment in consolidated subsidiaries	0	0
Finance assets, net	1,874	1,997
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	591	557
TOTAL ASSETS	35,406	34,859
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current portion of long-term debt	0	525
Accounts payable	321	409
Accrued liabilities:
Marketing	443	512
Employment costs	65	255
Settlement charges	4,310	3,391
Other	970	1,007
Income taxes	518	0
Dividends payable	957	959
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Total current liabilities	7,584	7,058
Long-term debt	13,992	13,992
Deferred income taxes	6,908	6,854
Accrued pension costs	213	212
Accrued postretirement health care costs	2,156	2,155
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Other liabilities	406	435
Total liabilities	31,259	30,706
Contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	34	35
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	935	935
Additional paid-in capital	5,678	5,714
Earnings reinvested in the business	25,388	25,168
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(1,318)	(1,378)	(2,068)	(2,040)
Cost of repurchased stock	(26,568)	(26,320)
Total stockholders' equity attributable to Altria Group, Inc.	4,115	4,119
Noncontrolling interests	(2)	(1)
Total stockholders' equity	4,113	4,118		3,170
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	35,406	34,859
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Altria Group, Inc. [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	3,579	3,114	3,745	2,862
Receivables	0	0
Inventories:
Leaf tobacco	0	0
Other raw materials	0	0
Work in process	0	0
Finished product	0	0
Inventory, net	0	0
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	735	590
Deferred income taxes	2	2
Other current assets	244	109
Total current assets	4,560	3,815
Property, plant and equipment, at cost	2	2
Less accumulated depreciation	2	2
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Investment in SABMiller	6,734	6,455
Investment in consolidated subsidiaries	11,259	11,227
Finance assets, net	0	0
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	4,790	4,790
Other assets	156	157
TOTAL ASSETS	27,499	26,444
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current portion of long-term debt		525
Accounts payable	26	26
Accrued liabilities:
Marketing	0	0
Employment costs	11	94
Settlement charges	0	0
Other	333	302
Income taxes	0
Dividends payable	957	959
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	6,016	4,487
Total current liabilities	7,343	6,393
Long-term debt	13,692	13,692
Deferred income taxes	1,999	1,867
Accrued pension costs	197	197
Accrued postretirement health care costs	0	0
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Other liabilities	153	176
Total liabilities	23,384	22,325
Contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	935	935
Additional paid-in capital	5,678	5,714
Earnings reinvested in the business	25,388	25,168
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(1,318)	(1,378)
Cost of repurchased stock	(26,568)	(26,320)
Total stockholders' equity attributable to Altria Group, Inc.	4,115	4,119
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total stockholders' equity	4,115	4,119
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	27,499	26,444
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	1	1	0	0
Receivables	11	11
Inventories:
Leaf tobacco	600	564
Other raw materials	124	121
Work in process	9	3
Finished product	186	141
Inventory, net	919	829
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	4,628	3,253
Deferred income taxes	1,133	1,133
Other current assets	76	125
Total current assets	6,768	5,352
Property, plant and equipment, at cost	3,265	3,269
Less accumulated depreciation	2,188	2,168
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,077	1,101
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	2	2
Investment in SABMiller	0	0
Investment in consolidated subsidiaries	2,993	2,988
Finance assets, net	0	0
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	463	455
TOTAL ASSETS	11,303	9,898
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current portion of long-term debt		0
Accounts payable	146	106
Accrued liabilities:
Marketing	418	464
Employment costs	9	10
Settlement charges	4,303	3,386
Other	476	531
Income taxes	559
Dividends payable	0	0
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	457	473
Total current liabilities	6,368	4,970
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Accrued pension costs	0	0
Accrued postretirement health care costs	1,425	1,437
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Other liabilities	129	130
Total liabilities	7,922	6,537
Contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	3,310	3,310
Earnings reinvested in the business	300	282
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(229)	(231)
Cost of repurchased stock	0	0
Total stockholders' equity attributable to Altria Group, Inc.	3,381	3,361
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total stockholders' equity	3,381	3,361
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	11,303	9,898
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	40	60	30	38
Receivables	102	104
Inventories:
Leaf tobacco	376	369
Other raw materials	64	59
Work in process	370	391
Finished product	241	231
Inventory, net	1,051	1,050
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	1,844	1,706
Deferred income taxes	26	26
Other current assets	93	105
Total current assets	3,156	3,051
Property, plant and equipment, at cost	1,561	1,546
Less accumulated depreciation	635	619
Property, plant and equipment, net	926	927
Goodwill	5,174	5,174
Other intangible assets, net	12,051	12,056
Investment in SABMiller	0	0
Investment in consolidated subsidiaries	0	0
Finance assets, net	1,874	1,997
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	244	218
TOTAL ASSETS	23,425	23,423
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current portion of long-term debt		0
Accounts payable	149	277
Accrued liabilities:
Marketing	25	48
Employment costs	45	151
Settlement charges	7	5
Other	222	253
Income taxes	198
Dividends payable	0	0
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	734	589
Total current liabilities	1,380	1,323
Long-term debt	300	300
Deferred income taxes	5,181	5,260
Accrued pension costs	16	15
Accrued postretirement health care costs	731	718
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	4,790	4,790
Other liabilities	124	129
Total liabilities	12,522	12,535
Contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	34	35
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	9	9
Additional paid-in capital	10,568	10,328
Earnings reinvested in the business	1,253	1,498
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(959)	(981)
Cost of repurchased stock	0	0
Total stockholders' equity attributable to Altria Group, Inc.	10,871	10,854
Noncontrolling interests	(2)	(1)
Total stockholders' equity	10,869	10,853
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	23,425	23,423
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Receivables	0	0
Inventories:
Leaf tobacco	0	0
Other raw materials	0	0
Work in process	0	0
Finished product	0	0
Inventory, net	0	0
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	(7,207)	(5,549)
Deferred income taxes	(61)	(61)
Other current assets	(239)	(18)
Total current assets	(7,507)	(5,628)
Property, plant and equipment, at cost	0	0
Less accumulated depreciation	0	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Investment in SABMiller	0	0
Investment in consolidated subsidiaries	(14,252)	(14,215)
Finance assets, net	0	0
Due from Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	(4,790)	(4,790)
Other assets	(272)	(273)
TOTAL ASSETS	(26,821)	(24,906)
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current portion of long-term debt		0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued liabilities:
Marketing	0	0
Employment costs	0	0
Settlement charges	0	0
Other	(61)	(79)
Income taxes	(239)
Dividends payable	0	0
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	(7,207)	(5,549)
Total current liabilities	(7,507)	(5,628)
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred income taxes	(272)	(273)
Accrued pension costs	0	0
Accrued postretirement health care costs	0	0
Due to Altria Group, Inc. and subsidiaries	(4,790)	(4,790)
Other liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	(12,569)	(10,691)
Contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	(9)	(9)
Additional paid-in capital	(13,878)	(13,638)
Earnings reinvested in the business	(1,553)	(1,780)
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	1,188	1,212
Cost of repurchased stock	0	0
Total stockholders' equity attributable to Altria Group, Inc.	(14,252)	(14,215)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total stockholders' equity	(14,252)	(14,215)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	$ (26,821)	$ (24,906)