A packet of smoking articles, of the type comprising: - a group of smoking articles (P); - an inner wrapper which is wrapped around said group of smoking articles (P) and comprises an opening for extracting said smoking articles; - an outer casing containing said group of smoking articles (P) 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 (A2) connecting said label to said lid , and on which said glue is applied. - a group of smoking articles (P); - an inner wrapper which is wrapped around said group of smoking articles (P) and comprises an opening for extracting said smoking articles; - an outer casing containing said group of smoking articles (P) 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 (A2) 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 (A2) 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 (A2) connecting said label to said lid , and on which said glue is applied. <EOS>