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 . <EOS>