Cigarette makers’ profits grew last year but 2014 will be to

The Jakarta Post - Cigarette producers reported positive performance throughout 2013 on the back of higher sales, but analysts have warned of a potential slowdown in business growth this year as the business climate gets tough.

Akhmad Nurcahyadi, an analyst at Recapital Securities, forecasts that the cigarette industry will face a tougher business climate this year with rising challenges, including a government plan to enforce a regulation requiring pictorial health warnings on all cigarette packages from June.

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