Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 25,096,000,000	$ 26,013,000,000	$ 26,153,000,000
Cost of sales	6,442,000,000	7,119,000,000	7,818,000,000
Wine Business Strategic Reset [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Asset impairment, exit costs and implementation costs			411,000,000
Wine Business Strategic Reset [Member] | Inventory Write-Off [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Asset impairment, exit costs and implementation costs			292,000,000
Wine Business Strategic Reset [Member] | Purchase Commitment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Asset impairment, exit costs and implementation costs			100,000,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Ste. Michelle Transaction
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Disposal group, including discontinued operations, marketing, administration and research costs		41,000,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operations, disposition related costs		10,000,000
Philip Morris Capital Corporation [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pre-tax expense for decrease in unguaranteed residual value of assets	$ 0	$ 0	125,000,000
COVID-19 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of sales			$ 50,000,000
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | McLane Company Inc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage	23.00%	23.00%	26.00%
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Performance Food Group Company [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage	24.00%	23.00%
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Contribution of net revenues by major customer percentage			17.00%
Smokeable Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 22,476,000,000	$ 22,866,000,000	$ 23,089,000,000
Smokeable Products [Member] | COVID-19 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of sales			41,000,000
Smokeable Products [Member] | Cigarettes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	21,457,000,000	21,877,000,000	22,135,000,000
Smokeable Products [Member] | Cigars [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	1,019,000,000	989,000,000	954,000,000
Wine [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	0	494,000,000	614,000,000
Wine [Member] | Marketing Administration And Research Costs [Member] | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Ste. Michelle Transaction
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Disposal group, including discontinued operations, marketing, administration and research costs		51,000,000
Oral Tobacco Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 2,580,000,000	2,608,000,000	2,533,000,000
Business combination, acquisition related costs		$ 37,000,000
Oral Tobacco Products [Member] | COVID-19 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of sales			$ 9,000,000