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Background and Basis of Presentation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		18 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jul. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	May 31, 2018	Jan. 31, 2018
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, dividend rate, percentage increase	2.40%
Dividends declared (usd per share)	$ 0.86	$ 0.86	$ 0.84	$ 0.84	$ 2.54	$ 2.44
Common stock, dividend rate, annual (in usd per share)		$ 3.44			$ 3.44
ABI [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		10.00%			10.00%				10.10%
JUUL [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Equity securities, ownership percentage		35.00%			35.00%			35.00%		35.00%			35.00%
Cronos [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		44.00%	45.00%		44.00%							45.00%
January 2018 Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Planned share repurchase program														$ 2,000,000,000.0	$ 1,000,000,000.0
Repurchase of common stock (shares)				0		6,400,000	34,000,000.0
Average price of repurchased shares, per share (usd per share)				$ 0		$ 54.36	$ 58.86
July 2019 Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Planned share repurchase program											$ 1,000,000,000.0
Repurchase of common stock (shares)					0
Stock repurchase program, rescinded authorized repurchase amount								$ 500,000,000
Helix Innovations LLC [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent		80.00%		80.00%	80.00%	80.00%
Business combination, consideration transferred				$ 353,000,000
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners		20.00%			20.00%