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Contingencies (Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation Narrative) (Details) (State Settlements Agreements [Member], Health Care Cost Recovery Actions [Member], USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
State Settlements Agreements [Member] | Health Care Cost Recovery Actions [Member]
   
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]    
Loss contingency, period of occurrence November 1998  
State Settlement Agreements annual payments $ 9,400,000,000mo_StateSettlementAgreementsAnnualPayments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= mo_StateSettlementsAgreementsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember
 
State Settlement Agreements attorney fees annual cap 500,000,000mo_StateSettlementAgreementsAttorneyFeesAnnualCap
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= mo_StateSettlementsAgreementsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember
 
Aggregate Amount Recorded In Cost Of Sales Related To State Settlement Agreements And Federal Equitable Tobacco Reform Act $ 1,100,000,000mo_AggregateAmountRecordedInCostOfSalesRelatedToStateSettlementAgreementsAndFederalEquitableTobaccoReformAct
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= mo_StateSettlementsAgreementsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember
$ 1,100,000,000mo_AggregateAmountRecordedInCostOfSalesRelatedToStateSettlementAgreementsAndFederalEquitableTobaccoReformAct
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= mo_StateSettlementsAgreementsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= mo_HealthCareCostRecoveryActionsMember