EXHIBIT 99.2


                       JOINT CEO/CFO CERTIFICATE REQUIRED
               UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         Each of the undersigned, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fortune
Brands, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the
Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and the
results of operations of the Company.



Dated:  August 12, 2002

                                           /s/ Norman H. Wesley
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                                           Norman H. Wesley
                                           Chairman of the Board and
                                           Chief Executive Officer




                                           /s/ C.P. Omtvedt
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                                           C.P. Omtvedt
                                           Senior Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer