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Acquisition of Green Smoke Narrative (Details) (Business Acquisition, Green Smoke [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 02, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition, Green Smoke [Member]
   
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business Combination, Integration and Acquisition Related Costs   $ 28mo_BusinessCombinationIntegrationandAcquisitionRelatedCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= mo_BusinessAcquisitionGreenSmokeMember
Consideration Transferred (up to $130 million) $ 130us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= mo_BusinessAcquisitionGreenSmokeMember