Package of tobacco articles

A method of folding a blank (24) to produce a package (1) of tobacco articles comprising:

• a group (2) of tobacco articles;
• a collar (16) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20);
• and
• an outer package (3) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and the collar (16), and having a top wall (12);
• a bottom wall (13) parallel to the top wall (12);
• and a number of lateral walls (8, 9, 10, 11) which are perpendicular to the top and bottom walls (12, 13), and are parallel to and rest on respective lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20) of the collar (16);
• the method being characterized by comprising the steps of:
• placing, to form a lateral joining wall (8;
• 10) of the outer package (3), two separate panels (8′, 8″;
• 10′, 10″) of the blank (24) on top of a lateral joining wall (17;
• 19) of the collar (16) and on top of the group (2) of cigarettes, so that the two panels (8′, 8″;
• 10′, 10″) are coplanar and side by side with no overlap;
• and
• gluing the two panels (8′, 8″;
• 10′, 10″) of the lateral joining wall (8;
• 10) of the outer package (3) to the underlying lateral joining wall (17;
• 19) of the collar (16).