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The cash inflow from the sale of formerly productive land held for sale, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it, and so forth.

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Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			135 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015 case	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) case debt / EBITDA	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) distributor	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) distributor	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue				$ 6,318.0	$ 6,699.0	$ 6,613.0	$ 5,804.0	$ 6,258.0	$ 6,491.0	$ 6,256.0	$ 5,517.0	$ 25,434.0	$ 24,522.0	$ 24,466.0
Litigation settlement interest expense (income)												13.0	(47.0)	0.0
NPM Adjustment Items												84.0	90.0	664.0
Asset impairment and exit costs												$ (4.0)	1.0	$ (11.0)
Federal Governments Lawsuit [Member] \| Marketing, Adminstration and Research Costs [Member] \| Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded													$ 31.0
Engle Progeny Cases, State [Member] \| Philip Morris USA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of claims resolved \| case												7
Engle Progeny Cases [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Litigation settlement interest expense (income)												$ 14.0			$ 3.0
NPM Adjustment Items												59.0
Non-Engle Progeny Smoking and Health Case, Schwarz [Member]
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Litigation settlement interest expense (income)												9.0
NPM Adjustment Items												$ 25.0
Non-Engle Progeny Smoking and Health Case, Schwarz [Member] \| Philip Morris USA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
NPM Adjustment Items			$ 0.5
Provision related to litigation recorded				$ 34.0
Engle Progeny Cases, Federal [Member] \| Philip Morris USA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of claims resolved \| case		415										415
NPM Adjustment Items	$ 43.0
Provision related to litigation recorded							$ 43.0
Engle Progeny Cases, Federal [Member] \| Philip Morris USA [Member] \| Marketing, Adminstration and Research Costs [Member]
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Provision related to litigation recorded												$ 43.0
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| McLane Company Inc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage												26.00%	27.00%	27.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage												10.00%
Smokeable Products [Member] \| Philip Morris USA [Member] \| Manufacturing Optimization Plan [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of facility													$ 66.0
Asset impairment and exit costs													(10.0)
Smokeable Products [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue												$ 22,792.0	21,939.0	$ 21,868.0
Smokeable Products [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Cigarettes [Member]
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Net revenue												22,193.0	21,363.0	21,308.0
Smokeable Products [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Cigars [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue												$ 599.0	$ 576.0	$ 560.0
Wine [Member]
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Number of distributors comprising net revenue												3	3	3
Wine [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage												66.00%	67.00%	66.00%
Wine [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue												$ 692.0	$ 643.0	$ 609.0