A pack for smoking articles, the pack having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and comprising: two groups of smoking articles arranged adjacent to one another; an inner containing element, which surrounds the two groups of smoking articles, has two distinct and separate extraction openings to access the respective groups of smoking articles, and comprises a front wall, two side walls and optionally a rear wall; an outer containing element, which is arranged around the inner containing element, surrounds the two groups of smoking articles, and comprises a rear wall; the outer containing element having no front wall; and two lids, which are hinged at opposite ends of the rear wall of the outer containing element, rotate between an open position and a closed position of the corresponding extraction openings, and each comprise a rear wall hinged to the rear wall of the outer containing element, two side walls, a front wall and an end wall interposed between the front wall and the rear wall; the pack for smoking articles is characterized in that: each group of smoking articles has a width equal to half a width of the inner containing element and a height equal to a height of the inner containing element; the two groups of smoking articles are arranged beside one another and are adjacent in an area of respective side walls; and the two extraction openings are arranged in an area of opposite vertexes along a diagonal of the front wall of the inner containing element and each has a width that is approximately equal to half a width of the inner containing element. two groups of smoking articles arranged adjacent to one another; an inner containing element, which surrounds the two groups of smoking articles, has two distinct and separate extraction openings to access the respective groups of smoking articles, and comprises a front wall, two side walls and optionally a rear wall; an outer containing element, which is arranged around the inner containing element, surrounds the two groups of smoking articles, and comprises a rear wall; the outer containing element having no front wall; and two lids, which are hinged at opposite ends of the rear wall of the outer containing element, rotate between an open position and a closed position of the corresponding extraction openings, and each comprise a rear wall hinged to the rear wall of the outer containing element, two side walls, a front wall and an end wall interposed between the front wall and the rear wall; the pack for smoking articles is characterized in that: each group of smoking articles has a width equal to half a width of the inner containing element and a height equal to a height of the inner containing element; the two groups of smoking articles are arranged beside one another and are adjacent in an area of respective side walls; and the two extraction openings are arranged in an area of opposite vertexes along a diagonal of the front wall of the inner containing element and each has a width that is approximately equal to half a width of the inner containing element. each group of smoking articles has a width equal to half a width of the inner containing element and a height equal to a height of the inner containing element; the two groups of smoking articles are arranged beside one another and are adjacent in an area of respective side walls; and the two extraction openings are arranged in an area of opposite vertexes along a diagonal of the front wall of the inner containing element and each has a width that is approximately equal to half a width of the inner containing element.