Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) case	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue				$ 6,252.0	$ 6,905.0	$ 6,521.0	$ 6,066.0	$ 6,318.0	$ 6,699.0	$ 6,613.0	$ 5,804.0	$ 25,744.0	$ 25,434.0	$ 24,522.0
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, amount													$ 59.0
Engle Progeny Cases [Member] | Interest Expense [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded													14.0
Non-Engle Progeny Smoking and Health Case, Schwarz [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Litigation settlement, amount													25.0
Non-Engle Progeny Smoking and Health Case, Schwarz [Member] | Interest Expense [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded													$ 9.0
Non-Engle Progeny Smoking and Health Case, Schwarz [Member] | Philip Morris USA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
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
Lights Ultra Lights Class Actions, Aspinall [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Litigation settlement, amount	$ 15.3	$ (32.0)	$ (4.9)
Lights Ultra Lights Class Actions, Aspinall [Member] | Philip Morris USA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded							$ 32.0
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												25.00%	26.00%	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												14.00%	10.00%
Smokeable Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue												$ 22,851.0	$ 22,792.0	$ 21,939.0
Smokeable Products [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded												88.0
Smokeable Products [Member] | Miner and Aspinall [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded												67.0
Smokeable Products [Member] | Engle Progeny Cases, Federal [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded													43.0
Smokeable Products [Member] | Merino [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded												16.0
Smokeable Products [Member] | Lights Ultra Lights Class Actions, Aspinall [Member] | Interest Expense [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision related to litigation recorded												17.0
Smokeable Products [Member] | Cigarettes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue												22,199.0	22,193.0	21,363.0
Smokeable Products [Member] | Cigars [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue												652.0	599.0	576.0
Wine [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue												$ 746.0	$ 692.0	$ 643.0
Wine [Member] | Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage												69.00%	66.00%	67.00%