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Contingencies (Non-Engle Progeny Cases Trial Results Narrative) (Details) (Oregon Schwarz [Member], Individual Smoking And Health Cases [Member], USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Oregon Schwarz [Member] | Individual Smoking And Health Cases [Member]
 
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]  
Loss contingency, period of occurrence March 2002
Compensatory damages jury award total excluding interest $ 168,500mo_CompensatoryDamagesJuryAwardTotalExcludingInterest
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Loss contingency, court reduction date May 2002
Punitive damages reduced award total 100,000,000mo_PunitiveDamagesReducedAwardTotal
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Date of Court Award of Costs to Defendant December 2010
Court Ordered Costs Returned To Defendant 500,000mo_CourtOrderedCostsReturnedToDefendant
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Punitive Damages Award Date February 2012
Punitive damages jury award allocation amount 150,000,000mo_PunitiveDamagesJuryAwardAllocationAmount
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Retrial Punitive Damages Awarded $ 25,000,000mo_RetrialPunitiveDamagesAwarded
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