Pack for smoking articles

A pack for elongate smoking articles comprising:

• a lid, a body, and a hinge connection by which the lid is hingedly connected to the body;
• front, rear and sides formed by both the lid and the body each having a respective front panel, rear panel, and a pair of side panels;
• the lid further having a top panel remote from the body, and the body further having a base panel remote from the lid;
• said hinge connection being defined by a fold between the rear lid panel and the rear body panel and being substantially parallel to top and bottom edges of the pack;
• the front of the pack having a portion that is cut away to reveal a backing member disposed within the pack;
• the hinge connection also being substantially parallel to an imaginary line extending between lowermost points of side edges of the front panel of the lid;
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• the cut-away portion having edges, with at least some of the edges defining the cut-away portion having sections folded inwardly of the pack so that the backing member is more inwardly recessed behind the front of the pack.