[1/3] Lucky Strike cigarettes are seen during the manufacturing process in the British American Tobacco Cigarette Factory (BAT) in Bayreuth, Germany, April 30, 2014. The company also did not announce a new share buyback programme, as widely anticipated by analysts. BAT (BATS.L) had in February last year announced a buyback worth up to 2 billion pounds ($2.4 billion). The group forecast on Thursday its 2023 revenue would rise 3-5% in constant currency terms, adding growth would be affected by the sale of its businesses in Russia and Belarus. The company's distributor in Russia, SNS Group of Companies, said in March last year BAT was in talks to transfer its Russian business to SNS.

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