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Gain Contingency, Patents Not Found To Be Invalid, Number

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Gain Contingency, Products With Ongoing Royalty, Number

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Loss Contingency, Amount Of Alleged Underpayments Not Underpaid As Ruled By Court

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Loss Contingency, Amount Of Fine Imposed By Trial Court

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Loss Contingency, Amount Of Taxes Not Underpaid As Ruled By Trial Court

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The monetary value related to fines, demanded payments or other legal matters sought by government and other governmental authorities.

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Hearings

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Panels

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Loss Contingency, Patents Seeking Preliminary Injunction Relief, Number

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Number Of Lawsuits Consolidated

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Number Of Non-Clinical Studies

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The amount of cash paid for the fines, demanded notices or for other legal issues during the period.

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Number of entity's patents that another entity has allegedly infringed.

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Number of defendants named in a legal action.

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Contingencies: (Other Litigation) (Details) ฿ in Millions, $ in Millions, ₩ in Billions																			1 Months Ended											2 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended
	Sep. 14, 2023 patent	Jul. 20, 2023 panel	Jul. 13, 2023 patent	May 10, 2023 patent	Dec. 23, 2022 patent	Jul. 21, 2022 patent	Jun. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2022 THB (฿)	Jun. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2022 patent	Jan. 11, 2022 patent	Dec. 31, 2021 patent product	Sep. 21, 2021 patent	May 14, 2021 patent	Jan. 26, 2017 THB (฿)	Jan. 26, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 18, 2016 THB (฿) defendant	Jan. 18, 2016 USD ($) defendant	Jul. 31, 2021 patent	Jun. 30, 2021 patent	Oct. 31, 2020 patent	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 KRW (₩)	Mar. 31, 2020 THB (฿)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) hearing	Jan. 31, 2020 KRW (₩) hearing	Nov. 30, 2019 THB (฿)	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 KRW (₩)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 KRW (₩)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 KRW (₩)	Mar. 30, 2023 product	Mar. 03, 2020 study	Dec. 31, 2017 lawsuit
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of class action lawsuits \| lawsuit																																						3
Number of non-clinical studies \| study																																					4
Number of patents found infringed													2	2
Number of patents allegedly infringed														3
Other Litigation \| Philip Morris Products S.A.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded \| $							$ 10.8
Number of patents infringed upon												2							1
Number of products found to be patent infringement \| product												2
Number of patents not infringed upon			1								1	1
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon	2		2	6		2				2	2	2							2
Number of patents not found to be invalid												1
Number of patents alleged to be invalid												2
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon, under review				4
Other Litigation \| British American Tobacco plc
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patents allegedly infringed					2																2
Number of products with ongoing royalty \| product																																				2
Number of patents found not infringed					1
Number of patents seeking preliminary injunction relief																					1
Other Litigation \| PM GmbH And PMPSA
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patents allegedly infringed																				2
Number of patents found not infringed																				1
Other Litigation \| Thailand \| The Department of Special Investigations of the Government of Thailand
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency, damages sought, value								฿ 122	$ 3.4						฿ 19,800	$ 553.0
Amount of fine imposed by trial court																								฿ 130	$ 3.6			฿ 1,200	$ 33.5
Other Litigation \| Thailand \| The Department of Special Investigations of the Government of Thailand \| Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of defendants \| defendant																	7	7
Loss contingency, damages sought, value																	฿ 80,800	$ 2,300.0
Other Litigation \| Korea \| The South Korean Board of Audit and Inspection
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amounts paid																														$ 75.0	₩ 100	$ 129.0	₩ 172	$ 204.0	₩ 272
Amount of taxes not underpaid as ruled by trial court																										$ 164.0	₩ 218
Number of panels \| panel		2
Number of hearings \| hearing																										2	2
Amount of alleged underpayments not underpaid as ruled by court																						$ 40.0	₩ 54