Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Pre-tax Asset Impairment, Exit, and Implementation Costs

Pre-tax asset impairment, exit and implementation costs consisted of the following:



For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
(in millions)	Asset Impairment and Exit Costs		Implementation Costs⁽¹⁾		Total
Smokeable products	$	5	$	17	$	22
Smokeless products	28		28		56
Total	$	33	$	45	$	78

⁽¹⁾ The pre-tax implementation costs were included in cost of sales in Altria Group, Inc.’s consolidated statement of earnings.



For the Year Ended December 31, 2016
(in millions)	Asset Impairment and Exit Costs⁽¹⁾		Implementation Costs		Total
Smokeable products	$	125	$	9	$	134
Smokeless products	42		15		57
All other	7		—		7
General corporate	5		—		5
Total	$	179	$	24	$	203

⁽¹⁾ Includes termination, settlement and curtailment costs of $27 million. See Note 16. Benefit Plans.

Schedule of Movement in Restructuring Liabilities

The movement in the restructuring liabilities (excluding termination, settlement and curtailment costs), substantially all of which are severance liabilities, for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was as follows:



(in millions)
Balances at December 31, 2015	$	—
Charges	152
Cash spent	(73		)
Balances at December 31, 2016	79
Charges	25
Cash spent	(71		)
Balances at December 31, 2017	$	33