Method for producing cigarette packs designed in the form of a sealed block or sheet-material block, preferably in the form of cuboidal contents of an outer pack, specifically a hinged carton, a shell and slide or a shoulder box, and which has an opening aid with a multiple-use opening flap, which is connected to the sheet-material or sealed block in a releasable manner by permanent adhesive in such a way that a removal opening is exposed when the opening flap is actuated, wherein, along a free periphery, the opening flap has an adhesive-free actuating tab or a grip tab which is processed in terms of relative positioning for the purpose of actuating the opening flap in such a way that the grip tab, once it has been applied to the pack, is directed in an angular position in which it has been raised up from the wall of said pack, wherein the opening flaps, prior to being applied to the pack or to the sheet-material block, are positioned on a carrier web, in particular are arranged on a sheet-material web for producing blanks for forming the sheet-material block, and wherein the opening flaps are processed in terms of the position of the grip tab during the connection to the carrier web or sheet-material web in terms of the position of the grip tab in such a way that said grip tab is directed at an angle to the plane of the carrier web or sheet-material web, and wherein, for this purpose, the grip tab is formed into a position at an angle to the carrier web or sheet-material web by means of mechanical guiding mechanisms, in particular deflecting or deviating mechanisms, folding diverters and/or by means of compressed air and/or by shaping, in particular as a result of an indent being applied and/or under the action of heat or moisture, characterized by the following features: a) blanks for the opening flap are applied to a web - a carrier web or a sheet-material web - in such a way that the grip tab is positioned laterally, with its longitudinal extent oriented in the conveying direction, b) the web (24, 25) with the opening flaps is deviated or deflected preferably continuously by a fixed-location mechanism - in particular by a deviation wheel or by a deflection roller and/or by a fixed-location, correspondingly formed guiding mechanism - diverter, lifting action diverter - in such a way that the laterally directed grip tab lies in an at least partially exposed state in the region of the deviation or deflection, c) the at least partially exposed grip tab is raised and pivoted relative to the opening flap by a preferably mechanical mechanism, in particular by a fixed-location diverter (46, 58), preferably into a position of 180° in relation to the original position and/or in relation to the opening flap. a) blanks for the opening flap are applied to a web - a carrier web or a sheet-material web - in such a way that the grip tab is positioned laterally, with its longitudinal extent oriented in the conveying direction, b) the web (24, 25) with the opening flaps is deviated or deflected preferably continuously by a fixed-location mechanism - in particular by a deviation wheel or by a deflection roller and/or by a fixed-location, correspondingly formed guiding mechanism - diverter, lifting action diverter - in such a way that the laterally directed grip tab lies in an at least partially exposed state in the region of the deviation or deflection, c) the at least partially exposed grip tab is raised and pivoted relative to the opening flap by a preferably mechanical mechanism, in particular by a fixed-location diverter (46, 58), preferably into a position of 180° in relation to the original position and/or in relation to the opening flap.