Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions		Total	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Earnings Reinvested in the Business [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses [Member]	Cost of Repurchased Stock [Member]	Non-Controlling Interests [Member]
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017		$ 15,380	$ 935	$ 5,952	$ 42,251	$ (1,897)	$ (31,864)	$ 3
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Reclassification due to adoption of ASU 2018-02	[1]				408	(408)
Net earnings (losses)	[2]	6,963			6,963
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes		(242)				(242)
Stock award activity		22		9			13
Cash dividends declared		(5,660)			(5,660)
Repurchases of common stock		(1,673)					(1,673)
Other		(1)						(1)
Ending balances at Dec. 31, 2018		14,789	935	5,961	43,962	(2,547)	(33,524)	2
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings (losses)	[2]	(1,300)			(1,293)			(7)
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes		(317)				(317)
Stock award activity		20		9			11
Cash dividends declared		(6,130)			(6,130)
Repurchases of common stock		(845)					(845)
Issuance of noncontrolling interest in Helix		88						88
Other		14						14
Ending balances at Dec. 31, 2019		6,319	935	5,970	36,539	(2,864)	(34,358)	97
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings (losses)	[2]	4,451			4,467			(16)
Other comprehensive earnings (losses), net of deferred income taxes		(1,477)				(1,477)
Stock award activity		27		13			14
Cash dividends declared		(6,327)			(6,327)
Other		(68)		(73)				5
Ending balances at Dec. 31, 2020		$ 2,925	$ 935	$ 5,910	$ 34,679	$ (4,341)	$ (34,344)	$ 86

[1] In 2018, Altria adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-02, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“ASU 2018-02”), and reclassified the stranded income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Reform Act”) on items with accumulated other comprehensive losses to earnings reinvested in the business.

[2] Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests for each of the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 exclude net earnings of $3 million, $2 million and $4 million, respectively, due to the redeemable noncontrolling interest related to Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, which is reported in the mezzanine equity section on the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.