Contingencies (Engle Progeny Cases Trial Results - Pending and Concluded) (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
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Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments made related to litigation						$ 17,000,000			$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																																																								$ 145,000,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																																																								$ 74,000,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Purdo [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded												$ 21,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Purdo [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded												$ 2,520,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage												12.00%
Punitive damages awarded												$ 6,250,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCall [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded						350,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCall [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded						$ 87,500
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage						25.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Ahrens [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded	$ 9,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ahrens [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Appeal bond posted													$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ahrens [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage	24.00%
Punitive damages awarded	$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ledoux [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded															$ 10,000,000
Punitive damages awarded															$ 12,500,000
Appeal bond posted						$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ledoux [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage															47.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Barbose [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																$ 10,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																$ 500,000
Appeal bond posted	2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Barbose [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																42.50%
Engle Progeny Cases, Tognoli [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																$ 1,050,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Tognoli [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																15.00%
Punitive damages awarded																$ 157,500
Engle Progeny Cases, Danielson [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																325,000
Punitive damages awarded																$ 325,000
Economic damages sought																	$ 2,300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Danielson [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																49.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Marchese [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																		$ 1,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																		250,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Marchese [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																		$ 225,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																		22.50%
Engle Progeny Cases, Duignan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded							$ 6,000,000
Appeal bond posted																$ 2,700,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Duignan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage							37.00%
Punitive damages awarded							$ 3,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Cooper [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded							4,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Cooper [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded	300,000						$ 450,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage							10.00%
Appeal bond posted						300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Jordan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded		$ 6,400,000																	$ 7,800,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																			60.00%
Punitive damages awarded																			$ 3,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Merino [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																				$ 8,000,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																				70.00%
Punitive damages awarded																				$ 6,500,000
Appeal bond posted							$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCoy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																				1,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McCoy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																				$ 300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																				20.00%
Punitive damages awarded																				$ 3,000,000
Appeal bond posted														$ 1,650,000
Engle Progeny Cases, M. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																					$ 6,375,000
Appeal bond posted																					$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Gore [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded									2,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Gore [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded									$ 460,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage									23.00%
Appeal bond posted																		$ 460,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Pollari [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded									$ 10,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Pollari [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded									$ 4,250,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage									42.50%
Punitive damages awarded									$ 1,500,000
Appeal bond posted														2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Zamboni [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																						$ 340,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Zamboni [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																						$ 34,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																						10.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Caprio [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																						25.00%
Economic damages awarded																						$ 559,172
Engle Progeny Cases, McKeever [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																						11,630,000
Engle Progeny Cases, McKeever [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																						$ 5,800,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																						60.00%
Appeal bond posted			$ 5,000,000					$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, D. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded																							$ 9,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, D. Brown [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																							$ 8,300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																							55.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Allen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 3,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Allen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																														$ 6,000,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																								6.00%
Punitive damages awarded																								$ 7,760,000																						$ 17,000,000
Appeal bond posted							2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Perrotto [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								4,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Perrotto [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 1,020,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																								25.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Boatright [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 15,000,000
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																								300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Boatright [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																								$ 12,750,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																								85.00%
Punitive damages awarded																								$ 19,700,000
Appeal bond posted																						$ 3,980,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kerrivan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																									$ 15,800,000
Punitive damages awarded																									$ 25,300,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kerrivan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																									50.00%
Punitive damages awarded																									$ 15,700,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Lourie [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																									1,370,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Lourie [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																									$ 370,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																									27.00%
Appeal bond posted																								$ 370,318
Engle Progeny Cases, Berger [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																										$ 6,250,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																										60.00%
Punitive damages awarded																										$ 20,760,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Harris [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																											$ 1,730,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Harris [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																											15.00%
Engle Progeny Cases, Griffin [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																												$ 1,270,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Griffin [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																												$ 630,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																												50.00%
Appeal bond posted																									$ 640,543
Engle Progeny Cases, Burkhart [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																													$ 5,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																													$ 2,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Burkhart [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																													15.00%
Punitive damages awarded																													$ 750,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Bowden [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																															$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Bowden [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																															$ 1,500,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																															30.00%
Appeal bond posted																												$ 1,500,000
Provision related to litigation recorded						1,600,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Skolnick [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																						$ 2,555,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Skolnick [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																						$ 766,500
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																						30.00%
Appeal bond posted																																		$ 766,500
Engle Progeny Cases, Starr-Blundell [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																						$ 500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Starr-Blundell [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																						$ 50,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																						10.00%
Provision related to litigation recorded						55,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Graham [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																							$ 2,750,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Graham [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																							$ 275,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																							10.00%
Appeal bond posted																																			$ 277,750
Engle Progeny Cases, Searcy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																				$ 1,000,000				$ 6,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Searcy [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																								30.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																				1,670,000				$ 10,000,000
Appeal bond posted																																		$ 2,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Buchanan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																									$ 5,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Buchanan [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																									37.00%
Appeal bond posted	5,500,000																																							$ 2,500,000
Provision related to litigation recorded							4,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hancock [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded					$ 0
Damages awarded, value					$ 110,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hancock [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage					5.00%
Economic damages awarded				$ 700
Damages sought, value				$ 20,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																											$ 21,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded					$ 16,100,000									4,025,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																											25.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																											$ 17,000,000
Appeal bond posted																																										$ 1,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																																											17,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Lorillard [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																																											13,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Calloway [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Liggett Group [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Punitive damages awarded against co-defendant																																											8,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hallgren [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																													$ 2,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hallgren [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																													$ 500,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																													25.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																													$ 750,000
Appeal bond posted														500,000																														$ 1,250,000
Provision related to litigation recorded						$ 2,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kayton (Formerly Tate) [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																		$ 8,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Kayton (Formerly Tate) [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																		$ 5,100,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																		64.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																																		$ 16,200,000
Appeal bond posted	15,000,000																																																$ 5,000,000
Provision related to litigation recorded							28,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Putney [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																			$ 15,100,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Putney [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																			$ 2,300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																			15.00%
Punitive damages awarded																																																			$ 2,500,000
Appeal bond posted																																															$ 1,600,000
Engle Progeny Cases, R. Cohen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																				$ 10,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																																																				20,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, R. Cohen [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																				$ 3,300,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																				33.33%
Punitive damages awarded																																																				$ 10,000,000
Appeal bond posted														$ 7,500,000																																		$ 2,500,000
Provision related to litigation recorded							17,900,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Naugle [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																			3,700,000														12,300,000			13,000,000	$ 56,600,000
Punitive damages awarded																																			7,500,000														$ 24,500,000			$ 26,000,000	$ 244,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Naugle [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																					90.00%
Appeal bond posted																																																			$ 5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hess [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																																							$ 3,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																																																							5,000,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Hess [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																											$ 1,260,000												$ 1,200,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																																							42.00%
Appeal bond posted																																																						$ 7,000,000
Provision related to litigation recorded							6,600,000				$ 3,200,000
Payments made related to litigation	10,600,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Greene (Formerly Rizzuto [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																				11,100,000	$ 12,550,000
Economic damages awarded																																				$ 1,100,000	$ 2,550,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Greene (Formerly Rizzuto [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																				$ 6,100,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																					55.00%
Appeal bond posted																		$ 6,100,000
Provision related to litigation recorded							6,700,000
Payments made related to litigation	$ 6,800,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Goveia [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																$ 850,000
Punitive damages awarded																																$ 2,250,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Goveia [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																35.00%
Appeal bond posted																													$ 2,500,000
Provision related to litigation recorded							$ 3,200,000
Payments made related to litigation		$ 3,200,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ruffo [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																							$ 1,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Ruffo [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																							$ 180,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																							12.00%
Appeal bond posted																																			$ 180,000
Provision related to litigation recorded										$ 193,000
Payments made related to litigation			200,212
Engle Progeny Cases, Cuculino [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																	$ 12,500,000
Engle Progeny Cases, Cuculino [Member] | Settled Litigation [Member] | PM USA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages awarded																																	$ 5,000,000
Compensatory damages award, allocation percentage																																	40.00%
Appeal bond posted																														$ 5,000,000
Provision related to litigation recorded								$ 5,300,000
Payments made related to litigation			$ 5,300,000