Contingencies (Federal Government's Lawsuit) (Details) (Federal Government's Lawsuit [Member], Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation [Member], USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011
Federal Government's Lawsuit [Member] | Health Care Cost Recovery Litigation [Member]
Loss contingency, period of occurrence	August 2006
Amount of alleged annual costs health care programs	$ 20,000,000,000
Amount of disgorgement of profits requested in Federal Government lawsuit	280,000,000,000
Final damages imposed by court	0
Proposed final judgment	14,000,000,000
Fund for 5 year national smoking cessation program	10,000,000,000
Fund for 10 year public education and counter-marketing campaign	$ 4,000,000,000