Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Segment data were as follows: 

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,						For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
	(in millions)
Net revenues:
Smokeable products	$	16,837		$	16,995		$	6,049		$	6,035
Smokeless products	1,762			1,690			620			586
Wine	483			489			167			181
All other	21			76			20			35
Net revenues	$	19,103		$	19,250		$	6,856		$	6,837
Earnings (losses) before income taxes:
Operating companies income (loss):
Smokeable products	$	6,864		$	6,516		$	2,561		$	2,277
Smokeless products	1,195			1,085			417			370
Wine	50			73			16			29
All other	(27		)	(121		)	8			(38		)
Amortization of intangibles	(28		)	(30		)	(12		)	(20		)
General corporate expenses	(154		)	(152		)	(46		)	(61		)
Corporate asset impairment and exit costs	(1		)	—			—			—
Operating income	7,899			7,371			2,944			2,557
Interest and other debt expense, net	(989		)	(503		)	(293		)	(159		)
Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost	40			37			24			21
Earnings from equity investments	866			759			333			189
Impairment of JUUL equity securities	(4,500		)	—			(4,500		)	—
Loss on Cronos-related financial instruments	(1,327		)	—			(636		)	—
Loss on ABI/SABMiller business combination	—			(33		)	—			—
Earnings (losses) before income taxes	$	1,989		$	7,631		$	(2,128	)	$	2,608

Schedule of Pre-tax Tobacco and Health Litigation Items

Tobacco and Health Litigation Items - Pre-tax charges related to certain tobacco and health litigation items were recorded in Altria’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings as follows:

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,				For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
	(in millions)
Smokeable products segment	$	43	$	94	$	3	$	10
Smokeless products segment	—		10		—		10
Interest and other debt expense, net	5		15		—		1
Total	$	48	$	119	$	3	$	21