A carton assembly for packages of smoking articles comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall and a dispensing portion. An exposed surface portion of the first dielectric layer in the opening is transformed. The rack apparatus comprises a U-shaped frame having a pair of parallel side arms with a first and a second end, a cross bar attached to the first end of the arms, the U-shaped frame movable to and from a stowed-away position at a front end of the bed to a rearward position; the arms attached to the side walls of the pickup truck.