Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Costs

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

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2020				2019
		Implementation Costs (1)		Total		Asset Impairment and Exit Costs			Implementation Costs (1)		Total
	(in millions)
Smokeable products		$	—	$	—	$	36		$	8	$	44
Oral tobacco products		—		—		8			1		9
Wine		392		392		—			—		—
All other		—		—		(5		)	—		(5		)
General corporate		—		—		1			—		1
Total		392		392		40			9		49
Plus amounts included in net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost (2)		—		—		12			—		12
Total		$	392	$	392	$	52		$	9	$	61

(1) Included in cost of sales for 2020 and marketing, administration and research costs for 2019 in Altria’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings.

(2) Represents curtailment costs. See Note 6. Benefit Plans.

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost

The movement in the restructuring liabilities, substantially all of which were severance liabilities, related to the cost reduction program was as follows:

	(in millions)
Balances at December 31, 2019	$	67
Charges	—
Cash spent	(23		)
Balances at March 31, 2020	$	44