Item 8.01. Other Events.



On October 26, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia (the "Court") entered an order granting preliminary approval of the
settlement of the shareholder derivative action captioned In re Altria Group,
Inc. Derivative Litigation, Case No. 3:20-cv-00772-DJN (the "Federal Action").
The complaint in the Federal Action, as well as other related shareholder
derivative actions pending in Virginia state courts (collectively with the
Federal Action, the "Actions"), alleges various claims, including breach of
fiduciary duty claims, against certain Altria Group, Inc. ("Altria") current and
former directors and officers relating to Altria's investment in JUUL Labs, Inc.
("JLI"). The complaints in the Actions also allege various claims against JLI,
its founders and some of its current and former executives. The Actions were
resolved pursuant to an Amended Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (the
"Stipulation"), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Pursuant to the Court's order granting preliminary approval of the settlement,
Altria is filing the Stipulation and the Notice of Pendency and Proposed
Settlement of Derivative Actions (the "Notice"), a copy of which is attached as
Exhibit 99.2, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, publishing a
summary of the Notice in The Wall Street Journal and publishing the Stipulation
and the Notice in the investors section of Altria's website at
www.altria.com/shareholdersettlement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)   Exhibits

      99.1                Amended Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement
      99.2                Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Derivative Actions
                        The cover page from this Current Report on Form

8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL


      104               (included as Exhibit 101)




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