A packet of smoking articles, of the type comprising: - a group of smoking articles; - an inner wrapper which is wrapped around said group of smoking articles and comprises an opening for extracting said smoking articles; - an outer casing containing said group of smoking articles wrapped in said inner wrapper, wherein said outer casing is made of a blank that is folded so as to define: - a container which is cup-shaped and has an upper opening; - a lid which is cup-shaped and is hinged to said container so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position; - a label, which is applied on said extraction opening and is attached, by means of glue, to said lid in such a way that the movement of said lid from said closed position to said open position, and vice versa, causes - at the same time - opening and closing, respectively, of said extraction opening by means of said label; wherein said label and said lid are reciprocally attached at relative connection areas (A1, A2), wherein said glue is liquid-based glue, particularly water-based glue, said packet being characterized in that it has a layer of absorbent material, which is provided on said label so as to define at least partially the area connecting said label to said lid, and on which said glue is applied. - a group of smoking articles; - an inner wrapper which is wrapped around said group of smoking articles and comprises an opening for extracting said smoking articles; - an outer casing containing said group of smoking articles wrapped in said inner wrapper, wherein said outer casing is made of a blank that is folded so as to define: - a container which is cup-shaped and has an upper opening; - a lid which is cup-shaped and is hinged to said container so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position; - a label, which is applied on said extraction opening and is attached, by means of glue, to said lid in such a way that the movement of said lid from said closed position to said open position, and vice versa, causes - at the same time - opening and closing, respectively, of said extraction opening by means of said label; wherein said label and said lid are reciprocally attached at relative connection areas (A1, A2), wherein said glue is liquid-based glue, particularly water-based glue, said packet being characterized in that it has a layer of absorbent material, which is provided on said label so as to define at least partially the area connecting said label to said lid, and on which said glue is applied. - a container which is cup-shaped and has an upper opening; - a lid which is cup-shaped and is hinged to said container so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position; - a label, which is applied on said extraction opening and is attached, by means of glue, to said lid in such a way that the movement of said lid from said closed position to said open position, and vice versa, causes - at the same time - opening and closing, respectively, of said extraction opening by means of said label; wherein said label and said lid are reciprocally attached at relative connection areas (A1, A2), wherein said glue is liquid-based glue, particularly water-based glue, said packet being characterized in that it has a layer of absorbent material, which is provided on said label so as to define at least partially the area connecting said label to said lid, and on which said glue is applied. wherein said label and said lid are reciprocally attached at relative connection areas (A1, A2), wherein said glue is liquid-based glue, particularly water-based glue, said packet being characterized in that it has a layer of absorbent material, which is provided on said label so as to define at least partially the area connecting said label to said lid, and on which said glue is applied.