Pack for cigarettes and method and apparatus for producing said pack

A pack for cigarettes (10) or other smoking articles comprising:

• an outer pack (25) in the form of a hinge-lid pack with a box part (26) and a lid (27);
• and
• an inner pack in the form of a foil block (11), the foil block (11) being formed from a blank (12) of foil which surrounds a cigarette group, wherein the foil block (11) comprises an opening aid (18) in an end-face region of an inner front wall (13) of the foil block (11) and at least in a part region of an inner end wall (17), wherein the opening aid (18) comprises a closure means in the form of a closure tab (20) which is arranged on an outside surface of the foil block (11) and is fastened on the foil block (11) by means of releasable adhesion, and for opening the foil block (11) the closure tab (20) is pulled at least in part away from the foil block (11) and, as a result, exposes a removal opening (19) at least in part,
• wherein:
• a) the removal opening (19) is a free opening which is produced during a production process of the foil block (11), wherein to create the removal opening (19) the foil blank (12), or a foil web (36) for producing the foil blank (12), is provided with the removal opening (19), which is formed as a result of a punching process, wherein an opening lug (35), which also is formed where applicable by the punching process, is completely removed;
• b) the closure tab (20) covers the removal opening (19) completely and on all sides in a closed position with an overlapping edge or overlapping strip (21, 22, 23) which extends all around the removal opening (19);
• c) the closure tab (20) is free of adhesives in a region of the removal opening (19), wherein the adhesive-free region of the closure tab (20) is slightly greater in size than the region or a surface of the removal opening (19) and runs all around and surrounds the removal opening (19);
• and
• d) the closure tab (20) comprises a glue-free actuating tab (24) in a region of the inner front wall (13).