Exhibit 12

ALTRIA GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in millions of dollars)

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	Six Months Ended June 30, 2007		Three Months Ended June 30, 2007
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, and equity earnings and minority interest, net	$6,318		$3,182
Add (deduct):
Equity in net earnings of less than 50% owned affiliates	(44	)	(23	)
Fixed charges	424		175
Interest capitalized, net of amortization	(6	)	(4	)
Earnings available for fixed charges	$6,692		$3,330
Fixed charges:
Interest incurred:
Consumer products	$  341		$  133
Financial services	32		16
	373		149
Portion of rent expense deemed to represent interest factor	51		26
Fixed charges	$  424		$  175
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges	15.8		19.0

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Exhibit 12

ALTRIA GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in millions of dollars)

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2006			2005			2004			2003			2002
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, and equity earnings and minority interest, net	$	12,520		$	11,319		$	10,058		$	9,414		$	12,831
Add (deduct):
Equity in net earnings of less than 50% owned affiliates		(172	)		(180	)		(134	)		(152	)		(184	)
Dividends from less than 50% owned affiliates		196			170			154			116			16
Fixed charges		927			1,082			938			899			674
Interest capitalized, net of amortization		(4	)		(7	)		2			11			12
Earnings available for fixed charges	$	13,467		$	12,384		$	11,018		$	10,288		$	13,349
Fixed charges:
Interest incurred:
Consumer products	$	744		$	871		$	747		$	689		$	473
Financial services		81			107			94			105			100
		825			978			841			794			573
Portion of rent expense deemed to represent interest factor		102			104			97			105			101
Fixed charges	$	927		$	1,082		$	938		$	899		$	674
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (A)		14.5			11.4			11.7			11.4			19.8

(A) Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, and equity earnings and minority interest, net for the year ended December 31, 2002, include a non-recurring pre-tax gain of $2,631 million related to the Miller Brewing Company transaction. Excluding this gain, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges would have been 15.9 to 1.0 for the year ended December 31, 2002.

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