The maker of Winston cigarettes and Backwoods cigars reported an adjusted operating profit of 3.89 billion pounds ($4.78 billion) for the 12 months ended Sept. 30, compared with 3.69 billion pounds in the same period last year.

($1 = 0.8141 pounds)

(Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru and Emma Rumney in London; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)