{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-4522","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28-4522","heading":"Prohibitions.","body":"(a)\nIt shall be unlawful for any individual, corporation, joint stock company, business trust, partnership, business association, or other legal entity engaged in business within the District of Columbia, for the purpose of injuring competitors or destroying competition, to sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale cigarettes for less than cost, either at retail or wholesale, or to give, offer to give, or advertise an intent to give away any cigarettes for the purpose of injuring competitors or destroying competition.\n\n(b)\nNotwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and § 28-4521(2), the presumptive wholesale markup of 2% may be reduced by 1/10 of 1% for the wholesale sale of cigarettes on a cash and carry basis.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Chapter 45A. Cigarette Sales Below Cost."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28-4522","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"57888771befde54fc9612222ff1a7fc3ec897c08a4832d0eb36dd3aed4d9c194","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-4521","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-4523"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}