Packaging of smoking articles

A packet of smoking articles comprising:

• a rigid cuboid pack having a top face, a bottom face, two side faces and major front and back faces;
• a charge of smoking articles contained in said rigid pack;
• a layer of barrier material overwrapping said rigid cuboid pack to form a sealed enclosure around said rigid cuboid pack, said layer of barrier material including a line of weakening, said line of weakening defining a barrier layer flap, said barrier layer flap further defining a barrier layer access aperture;
• a label applied to said barrier layer flap, said label including a permanently tacky margin portion, said margin portion surrounding said barrier layer access aperture, when said barrier layer flap is in a barrier layer access aperture closing position, to allow resealing of said barrier layer aperture upon said label being brought to said barrier layer access aperture closing position;
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• a pack access aperture in said rigid cuboid pack, said pack access aperture extending from said top face of said rigid cuboid pack into one of said major faces of said rigid cuboid pack, said pack access aperture being in registration with said barrier layer flap.