Asset Impairment, Exit and Implementation Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Pre-tax Asset Impairment, Exit, and Implementation Costs

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

(in millions)	Asset Impairment and Exit Costs						Implementation Costs						Total
For the year ended December 31,	2020		2019		2018		2020 (1)		2019 (2)		2018 (1)		2020		2019		2018
Smokeable products	$	2	$	59	$	79	$	—	$	33	$	1	$	2	$	92	$	80
Oral tobacco products	(5)		9		20		—		5		3		(5)		14		23
Wine (3)	—		76		54		411		—		—		411		76		54
All other	—		14		227		—		(10)		63		—		4		290
General corporate	(1)		1		3		—		—		—		(1)		1		3
Total	(4)		159		383		411		28		67		407		187		450
Plus amounts included in net periodic benefit (income) cost, excluding service cost(4)	—		29		3		—		—		—		—		29		3
Total	$	(4)	$	188	$	386	$	411	$	28	$	67	$	407	$	216	$	453

(1) Included in cost of sales in Altria’s consolidated statements of earnings (losses).

(2) Included in cost of sales ($2 million) and marketing, administration and research costs ($26 million) in Altria’s consolidated statement of earnings (losses).

(3) Includes impairment of goodwill for the wine reporting unit in 2019 and impairment of the Columbia Crest trademark in 2018. See Note 4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net.

(4) Represents settlement and curtailment costs. See Note 16. Benefit Plans.

Schedule of Movement in Restructuring Liabilities

The movement in the restructuring liabilities, substantially all of which were severance liabilities, for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

(in millions)
Balances at December 31, 2018	$	155
Charges	59
Cash spent	(147)
Balances at December 31, 2019	67
Cost reversals, net	(4)
Cash spent	(47)
Balances at December 31, 2020	$	16