A method for producing cigarette packs in which a cigarette group is at least partially surrounded by an inner collar produced from a foldable blank, namely by a collar front wall, by collar side tabs (23, 24) and by a collar bottom wall and, in a wrapping station, the units thus formed of cigarette group and inner collar are surrounded by a wrapping made of thermally sealable film, which is aroma-tight and moisture-tight, to form an inner pack for an outer pack, in particular a hinge-lid box, wherein blanks for the inner collar are supplied by a feed conveyor in a consecutive manner in the transverse direction, namely transverse to the longitudinal extension of the collar front wall and the collar side tabs (23, 24), to a fold turret which is arranged to rotate in a vertical plane, in each case a collar blank is inserted into a pocket of the fold turret in the region of a transfer station with the lateral folding tabs of the blank, namely collar side tabs (23, 24), being aligned in an upright position and wherein furthermore, in a following fill station of the fold turret, a formed cigarette group is pushed in the axially parallel direction into the inner collar, which is realized in a tray-like manner, by means of the open side of the latter so as to form a cigarette block characterized by the following features: a) the blanks for the inner collar are fed by the feed conveyor to the fold turret, which is arranged to rotate in a vertical plane, to be precise as far as into the transfer station, with the blank being exactly positioned above an upwardly directed pocket of the fold turret, which is open in the radial direction, b) the blank of the inner collar is then inserted by a punch from the feed conveyor into the pocket of the fold turret as a result of downward movement, c) during the movement pressing the blank into the pocket, the collar front wall is moved by the punch against a pocket bottom of the pocket, with the collar side tabs (23, 24) and fold tabs of the collar bottom being aligned in an upright position, d) the subsequent fill station of the fold turret for the insertion of the cigarette group into the pocket of the fold turret or into the inner collar for the purpose of forming a cigarette block is situated in a position offset by 90° relative to the transfer station, e) in a discharge station located opposite, that is to say below the transfer station of the fold turret, the cigarette block is pushed out of pocket by plungers, which are movable in an axially parallel manner to the fold turret, and transferred to a block conveyor, wherein an element, namely a collector, for fixing the collar bottom during the pushing-out movement is arranged on the side located opposite the plunger. a) the blanks for the inner collar are fed by the feed conveyor to the fold turret, which is arranged to rotate in a vertical plane, to be precise as far as into the transfer station, with the blank being exactly positioned above an upwardly directed pocket of the fold turret, which is open in the radial direction, b) the blank of the inner collar is then inserted by a punch from the feed conveyor into the pocket of the fold turret as a result of downward movement, c) during the movement pressing the blank into the pocket, the collar front wall is moved by the punch against a pocket bottom of the pocket, with the collar side tabs (23, 24) and fold tabs of the collar bottom being aligned in an upright position, d) the subsequent fill station of the fold turret for the insertion of the cigarette group into the pocket of the fold turret or into the inner collar for the purpose of forming a cigarette block is situated in a position offset by 90° relative to the transfer station, e) in a discharge station located opposite, that is to say below the transfer station of the fold turret, the cigarette block is pushed out of pocket by plungers, which are movable in an axially parallel manner to the fold turret, and transferred to a block conveyor, wherein an element, namely a collector, for fixing the collar bottom during the pushing-out movement is arranged on the side located opposite the plunger.