Contingencies (Other Matters Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended				71 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012 Israel	Sep. 30, 2014 Lights Multi District Litigation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Lights [Member]	Jul. 03, 2014 Phillips [Member] Lights Ultra Lights Class Actions [Member]	Sep. 18, 2014 Wyatt [Member] Lights Multi District Litigation [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 Aspinall [Member] Lights Ultra Lights Class Actions [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 Brown Case [Member] Lights [Member]	Oct. 27, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member]	Oct. 27, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Lights Ultra Lights Class Actions [Member]	Oct. 27, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Lights [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Lights Ultra Lights Class Certification Cases Pending in United States												13
Loss Contingency, Pending Claims, Number, Federal Court													1
Attorney Fees Ordered Paid to Defendants by Court					$ 100,000
Purported number of class action lawsuits served														26
Cases Voluntarily Dismissed							13
Litigation Settlement, Amount	$ 0	$ (145,000,000)	$ (90,000,000)	$ (664,000,000)				$ (6,000)	$ (1,000)		$ (764,553)
Additional class action certifications denied, reversed, dismissed or resolved						4	19
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Terms										25