Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 6,108	$ 6,083
Cost of sales	1,734	1,813
Excise taxes on products	1,438	1,494
Gross profit	2,936	2,776
Marketing, administration and research costs	618	533
Asset impairment and exit costs	2	4
Operating (expense) income	2,316	2,239
Interest and other debt expense, net	166	179
Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost	(7)	(8)
Earnings from equity investment in AB InBev	(342)	(23)
Loss on AB InBev/SABMiller business combination	33	0
(Loss) earnings before income taxes and equity earnings of subsidiaries	2,466	2,091
Provision for income taxes	571	689
Net earnings	1,895	1,402
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1)	(1)
Net earnings attributable to Altria Group, Inc.	$ 1,894	$ 1,401
Per share data:
Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Altria Group, Inc. (usd per share)	$ 1.00	$ 0.72
Dividends declared (usd per share)	$ 0.70	$ 0.61