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| <schemaVersion> X0407 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2023-06-01 </periodOfReport> |
| <notSubjectToSection16> 0 </notSubjectToSection16> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000764180 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> ALTRIA GROUP, INC. </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> MO </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001238129 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> MUNOZ GEORGE </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 6601 W BROAD ST </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> RICHMOND </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> VA </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 23230 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 1 </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> 0 </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 0 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
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| <nonDerivativeTable> |
| | <nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 106328 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <derivativeTable> |
| | <derivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Phantom Stock Units </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| <footnoteId id="F2"/> |
| </conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2023-06-01 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> I </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
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| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 3149 </value> |
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| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 44.65 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F5"/> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> A </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
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| | | <exerciseDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F4"/> |
| </exerciseDate> |
| | | <expirationDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F4"/> |
| </expirationDate> |
| | | <underlyingSecurity> |
| <underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <underlyingSecurityShares> |
| <value> 3149 </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityShares> |
| </underlyingSecurity> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 22889 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F6"/> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
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| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
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| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </derivativeTransaction> |
| | </derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Total includes 17,794 deferred shares held under the Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Phantom stock units convert to the cash value of the issuer's common stock on a 1-for-1 basis. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> Phantom stock units acquired in the Deferred Fee Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "Plan") as a result of the participant's election on May 1, 2023 to transfer the investment value of certain assets held within the Plan into Altria Group, Inc. common stock due to the removal of those assets from the Plan. The shares were transferred on June 1, 2023 pursuant to the May 1, 2023 election. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F4"> The participant will receive distributions of phantom stock units in cash either prior to or following termination of service as a member of the issuer's board of directors, as elected by the participant. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F5"> The average of the high and low price of Altria Group, Inc. common stock on June 1, 2023. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F6"> Share equivalents held in the Plan. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks></remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. for George Munoz </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2023-06-05 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |