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title: "Smoking at Paro Airport – PBH"
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description: "Smoke before you reach Paro Airport (PBH): no smoking room is published anywhere in the terminal, and Bhutan's public-place ban covers the grounds outdoors too."
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# Smoking at Paro Airport – PBH

Paro International Airport (PBH) has no smoking area anywhere on site — no published room in the small terminal, and Bhutan’s public-place smoking ban covers the airport grounds outdoors as well — so smoke before you set out for the airport, away from public places, or after you have left its grounds.

Paro is Bhutan’s only international airport, a small single terminal in a mountain valley west of Thimphu.

## The Terminal

Everything published about Paro’s departure terminal is small-scale and specific: the Paro Airport Café and Himalayan Java Coffee sit at Boarding Gates 1 and 2, alongside the “One Gewog, One Product” and Bhutan Essence craft shops, a duty-free counter and a bookstore. None of the airport’s own service pages names a smoking room or a designated smoking area, consistent with Bhutan’s public-place smoking ban, which covers airport terminals.

## Vaping

The airport publishes no vaping facility, the same as it publishes no smoking area anywhere on site. Treat vaping as unavailable at Paro, the same as cigarettes.

## Summary

| Area | Smoking | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Terminal interior (before and after security) | No | No smoking room published; Bhutan’s public-place smoking ban applies |
| Outdoor apron / forecourt | No | Covered by the same public-place smoking ban |
| Vaping / e-cigarettes | No | No facility published |

For Bhutan’s airport smoking rules and Bhutan’s only international airport, see our [Bhutan airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/bhutan/).

## Useful Links

[Paro International Airport (official)](https://www.paroairport.com)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Are there smoking areas at Paro International Airport (PBH)?

Paro International Airport has no smoking area — the airport’s own facilities pages list every service in the small terminal, from the cafés at the two boarding gates to the duty-free shop, and none of them is a smoking area or room; smoke before you set out or after you have left the airport grounds.

### Is there a smoking area after security at Paro Airport?

The terminal past security is smoke-free — the departure terminal’s published shop and dining listing names the café and duty-free locations at each boarding gate without mentioning a smoking room.

### Can I smoke inside the terminal at Paro Airport?

The terminal is smoke-free throughout, before and after security, under Bhutan’s public-place smoking ban.

### Can I smoke outside the terminal at Paro Airport?

The outdoor apron and forecourt are covered by the same public-place smoking ban, so there is no outdoor exception at the airport. Wait until you have left the airport grounds.

### Can I vape at Paro Airport?

The airport publishes no vaping facility, the same as it publishes no smoking area. Treat vaping as unavailable at Paro, the same as cigarettes.

### Can you buy cigarettes in Bhutan?

Yes — since a 2021 amendment to Bhutan’s Tobacco Control Act, tobacco products can legally be bought through authorised shops. That does not change the smoking ban at the airport; see our Bhutan airport guide for the full law.