A packaging machine for producing packs with a group of cigarettes as pack content, wherein the packaging machine has at least the following in succession in a manufacturing flow direction: • a preferably separable forming unit for forming cigarette groups , • a preferably separable first folding unit at which an inner blank composed of cardboard or of some other material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable inner pack is folded at least in certain regions around the respective cigarette group so as to form an inner pack with the cigarette group as pack content, • in particular adjoining said first folding unit, a preferably separable sealing inner pack unit in which a sealing inner pack is manufactured in each case from the inner pack or in which the sealing inner pack is folded into a final state or in which in each case one sealing inner pack comprising the inner pack is manufactured, • in particular adjoining said sealing inner pack unit, a preferably separable second folding unit at which an outer blank composed of cardboard or of some other material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable outer pack is in each case folded around the sealing inner pack so as to form in each case an outer pack , wherein the packaging machine has, between the two folding units , a conveying device with a rectilinear conveying path which conveys the respective cigarette group integrated into the inner pack or sealing inner pack with cigarettes oriented parallel to the conveying direction, into the region of a turning device which is arranged between the first and second folding unit and which rotates the cigarette group , in particular through 90° or 180°, into or parallel to the conveying plane of the conveying device, wherein the turning device is designed so as to rotate the cigarette group about at least one axis of rotation which is arranged perpendicular to the cigarette longitudinal extent. • a preferably separable forming unit for forming cigarette groups , • a preferably separable first folding unit at which an inner blank composed of cardboard or of some other material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable inner pack is folded at least in certain regions around the respective cigarette group so as to form an inner pack with the cigarette group as pack content, • in particular adjoining said first folding unit, a preferably separable sealing inner pack unit in which a sealing inner pack is manufactured in each case from the inner pack or in which the sealing inner pack is folded into a final state or in which in each case one sealing inner pack comprising the inner pack is manufactured, • in particular adjoining said sealing inner pack unit, a preferably separable second folding unit at which an outer blank composed of cardboard or of some other material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable outer pack is in each case folded around the sealing inner pack so as to form in each case an outer pack , wherein the packaging machine has, between the two folding units , a conveying device with a rectilinear conveying path which conveys the respective cigarette group integrated into the inner pack or sealing inner pack with cigarettes oriented parallel to the conveying direction, into the region of a turning device which is arranged between the first and second folding unit and which rotates the cigarette group , in particular through 90° or 180°, into or parallel to the conveying plane of the conveying device, wherein the turning device is designed so as to rotate the cigarette group about at least one axis of rotation which is arranged perpendicular to the cigarette longitudinal extent. <EOS>