Debt (Fair Values) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate value of Altria's total debt	$ 12.9	$ 14.7
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate value of Altria's total debt	$ 14.5	$ 17.0

Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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