Smoking at Chinese airports is generally available outside the terminal building, and at a good number of airports in indoor smoking rooms or open-air terraces after security as well; most airports mark and signpost their outdoor area, and a handful have not published one. The rules are a city-by-city patchwork rather than a single national policy: there is no nationwide ban on indoor airport smoking, and each airport follows its own city and provincial tobacco-control law. Many of the biggest hubs tightened up between 2015 and 2020: Beijing led the way, Shanghai closed its indoor airport smoking rooms in October 2016, and Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Wuhan and Zhengzhou went outdoor-only. Other cities kept airside facilities, so the practical picture varies a lot depending on where you fly.
在中国的机场，通常可在航站楼外的公共区吸烟，不少机场在安检后还设有室内吸烟室或露天吸烟平台；多数机场会标注并设置指示牌，也有少数机场尚未公布具体位置。相关规定是一张因城而异的拼图，而非单一的全国政策：中国并没有全国统一的机场室内禁烟令，每座机场都遵循各自城市和省份的控烟法律。许多最大的枢纽在2015年至2020年间收紧了规定：北京率先行动，上海于2016年10月关闭机场室内吸烟室，深圳、杭州、青岛、武汉和郑州改为只能在室外吸烟。其他城市则保留了安检后的吸烟设施，因此实际情况因目的地而大不相同。
The single most useful fact for travellers: don’t assume “outdoor-only everywhere.” Many airports do route smokers outside; a large number also keep smoking after security. Kunming Changshui (KMG) keeps around five airside indoor smoking rooms; Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN), Nanjing Lukou (NKG), Xi’an Xianyang (XIY), Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN, eight rooms across its two terminals), Tianjin Binhai (TSN), Changsha Huanghua (CSX), Ürümqi Tianshan (URC), Haikou Meilan (HAK, five rooms across two terminals), Lijiang Sanyi (LJG, three rooms), Guilin Liangjiang (KWL, eight rooms) and Lhasa Gonggar (LXA, two rooms) keep indoor rooms airside too; and Shanghai Pudong (PVG), Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), Chengdu Tianfu (TFU), Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG) and Sanya Phoenix (SYX) have open-air smoking inside the secure zone. Knowing which airport you’re at is what saves you a long walk back through security.
对旅客最有用的一条信息：不要以为"处处只能在室外吸烟"。许多机场确实把吸烟者引向室外，同时相当多的机场在安检后仍可吸烟。昆明长水（KMG）安检后设有约五间室内吸烟室；广州白云（CAN）、南京禄口（NKG）、西安咸阳（XIY）、厦门高崎（XMN，两座候机楼共8间）、天津滨海（TSN）、长沙黄花（CSX）、乌鲁木齐天山（URC）、海口美兰（HAK，两座航站楼共5间）、丽江三义（LJG，3间）、桂林两江（KWL，8间）和拉萨贡嘎（LXA，2间）同样在安检后保留室内吸烟室；上海浦东（PVG）、上海虹桥（SHA）、成都天府（TFU）、重庆江北（CKG）和三亚凤凰（SYX）在安检区内设有露天吸烟区。清楚自己身处哪座机场，才能省去一趟出安检再重新过检的长途奔波。
How Chinese Airport Smoking Works
At the landside-only airports — Beijing (PEK/PKX), Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Wuhan, Zhengzhou (CGO), Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU), Dalian, Harbin and most regional fields — smoking is before security only. These airports typically have:
在只能于安检前吸烟的机场——北京（PEK/PKX）、深圳、杭州、青岛、武汉、郑州（CGO）、成都双流（CTU）、大连、哈尔滨以及多数支线机场——只能在安检前的公共区吸烟。这些机场通常设有：
- Designated outdoor smoking areas at curbside near arrivals and departures
- No post-security indoor smoking rooms
- Standardised “No Smoking” signage throughout terminals
- Active enforcement (visible at major hubs — security will ask you to extinguish)
Outdoor smoking areas are typically:
室外吸烟区通常：
- Near terminal exits (arrivals and departures levels)
- Marked with English and Chinese signage
- Free to use, no fees
A handful of airports are the exception, with smoking available after security:
少数机场属于例外，在安检后仍可吸烟：
- Kunming Changshui (KMG) keeps around five indoor smoking rooms airside, spread along the concourses
- Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN), Nanjing Lukou (NKG), Xi’an Xianyang (XIY), Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), Tianjin Binhai (TSN), Changsha Huanghua (CSX), Ürümqi Tianshan (URC), Haikou Meilan (HAK), Lijiang Sanyi (LJG) and Guilin Liangjiang (KWL) keep indoor smoking rooms after security
- Lhasa Gonggar (LXA) has two indoor smoking rooms in its Terminal 3 waiting area
- Shanghai Pudong (PVG), Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), Chengdu Tianfu (TFU), Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG) and Sanya Phoenix (SYX) have open-air smoking areas inside the secure zone
- Macau (MFM) keeps indoor airside smoking rooms, and Hong Kong (HKG) has the open-air airside Sky Garden terrace in Terminal 1 — both under separate SAR rules
- 昆明长水（KMG） 安检后设有约五间室内吸烟室，沿各指廊分布
- 广州白云（CAN）、南京禄口（NKG）、西安咸阳（XIY）、厦门高崎（XMN）、天津滨海（TSN）、长沙黄花（CSX）、乌鲁木齐天山（URC）、海口美兰（HAK）、丽江三义（LJG） 和 桂林两江（KWL） 在安检后设有室内吸烟室
- 拉萨贡嘎（LXA） T3候机区设有两间室内吸烟室
- 上海浦东（PVG）、上海虹桥（SHA）、成都天府（TFU）、重庆江北（CKG） 和 三亚凤凰（SYX） 在安检区内设有露天吸烟区
- 澳门（MFM） 保留安检后的室内吸烟室，香港（HKG） 在1号客运大楼设有安检后的露天平台Sky Garden——两者均按各自特别行政区规定执行
The Major Hubs
Beijing Capital (PEK). Three terminals, T3 designed by Norman Foster. Outdoor smoking areas near each terminal’s arrivals and departures levels — the indoor rooms closed on 1 June 2015. Continental climate — cold, dry winters and hot summers, so dress for the weather when you step outside.
北京首都（PEK）。 三座航站楼，T3由诺曼·福斯特设计。各航站楼到达层和出发层附近均设有室外吸烟区——室内吸烟室已于2015年6月1日关闭。属大陆性气候——冬季寒冷干燥、夏季炎热，到室外吸烟时请根据天气增减衣物。
Beijing Daxing (PKX). Zaha Hadid’s starfish-shaped 2019 mega-airport, one of China’s newest major hubs. Outdoor smoking areas near the terminal entrances, before security; the starfish layout means a long walk back out from the far gates, so smoke before you go through.
北京大兴（PKX）。 扎哈·哈迪德设计、2019年启用的海星造型超级机场，是中国最新的大型枢纽之一。室外吸烟区位于航站楼入口附近的安检前公共区；海星造型意味着从远端登机口走回来路途漫长，建议过安检前先吸完烟。
Shanghai Pudong (PVG). PVG keeps open-air smoking terraces airside — accessible after security in both T1 and T2 and the S1/S2 satellites — since the indoor rooms closed in October 2016. Landside outdoor smoking areas too.
上海浦东（PVG）。 室内吸烟室已于2016年10月关闭，此后浦东在安检后保留了露天吸烟露台——T1、T2及S1/S2卫星厅过安检后均可使用。公共区同样设有室外吸烟区。
Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA). City-centre domestic hub, rail-integrated with Shanghai’s metro and high-speed train. Open-air smoking points after security — in T1 by B1 and B17, in T2 by gates 41 and 54 — plus outdoor smoking areas at the terminal entrances.
上海虹桥（SHA）。 位于市中心的国内枢纽，与上海地铁和高铁实现轨道交通无缝衔接。安检后设有露天吸烟点——T1在B1和B17附近，T2在41和54号登机口附近——航站楼入口处另设室外吸烟区。
Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN). South China hub serving Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia connections. The new Terminal 3 opened in October 2025 and Terminal 1 closed to passengers in May 2026; Terminal 2 keeps several indoor smoking rooms airside — near Gates A50 and A63, with more along the B pier around B50 and B60–B78 — so transit passengers can smoke without leaving security, plus outdoor smoking areas near the entrances. T3’s own airside smoking provision is not published, so treat it as a smoke-before-security terminal. Subtropical climate.
广州白云（CAN）。 华南枢纽，承担前往香港、澳门及东南亚的中转。新T3于2025年10月启用，T1已于2026年5月停止接待旅客；T2安检后设有多间室内吸烟室——A50和A63登机口附近，B指廊B50及B60–B78一带另有数间——中转旅客无需出安检即可吸烟，入口附近另设室外吸烟区。T3自身安检后的吸烟设施尚未公布，宜按"安检前吸烟"安排。气候属亚热带。
Shenzhen Bao’an (SZX). Tech-capital airport with a striking honeycomb terminal design. Outdoor only.
深圳宝安（SZX）。 科技之都的机场，航站楼采用引人注目的蜂巢造型设计。只能在室外吸烟。
Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) and Chengdu Tianfu (TFU). Sichuan’s two airports — older Shuangliu and the new (2021) Tianfu. Both are open-air rather than indoor. Tianfu (TFU) has open-air garden courtyards airside, so you can smoke after security there; Shuangliu is landside-only. Fog delays common in winter.
成都双流（CTU） 和 成都天府（TFU）。 四川的两座机场——较早的双流和2021年新启用的天府。两者均为露天而非室内吸烟。天府（TFU）在安检区内设有露天花园庭院，过安检后即可吸烟；双流仅限安检前公共区。冬季常因雾天延误。
Kunming Changshui (KMG). “Spring City” airport at 1,892 metres elevation; gateway to Southeast Asia. Around five indoor smoking rooms airside, spread along the T1 concourses (four on the domestic side, one in the international pier between gates 73 and 75), plus outdoor smoking areas landside.
昆明长水（KMG）。 “春城"机场，海拔1,892米，是通往东南亚的门户。安检后设有约五间室内吸烟室，沿T1各指廊分布（国内一侧4间，国际指廊73至75号登机口之间1间），安检前的公共区另设室外吸烟区。
Xi’an Xianyang (XIY). Terracotta Warriors gateway. Terminal 5 opened in 2025 as the new main terminal alongside T1, T2 and T3; the indoor airside smoking rooms are in T2 (opposite gates 8–9, open all day) and the T3 isolation hall, with outdoor smoking areas at every terminal entrance landside.
西安咸阳（XIY）。 通往兵马俑的门户。T5于2025年启用，成为新的主航站楼，与T1、T2、T3并用；安检后的室内吸烟室位于T2（8–9号登机口对面，全天开放）和T3隔离厅，各航站楼入口的公共区另设室外吸烟区。
Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH). Alibaba HQ region. New T4 opened 2024. Outdoor only.
杭州萧山（HGH）。 阿里巴巴总部所在地区。新建的T4于2024年启用。只能在室外吸烟。
Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG). Mega-municipality airport with T2 and T3. Open-air smoking after security in T3 — a viewing terrace near Gate M18, plus a spot near Gate E05 — with outdoor smoking areas at the ground-level entrances of both terminals landside; the former indoor rooms closed around 2024. Summer temperatures regularly exceed 40°C — outdoor smoking is uncomfortable in summer.
重庆江北（CKG）。 这座超大城市的机场设有T2和T3。T3安检后设有露天吸烟区——M18号登机口附近的观景露台，以及E05号登机口附近的吸烟点；两座航站楼地面入口的公共区另设室外吸烟区；原室内吸烟室已于2024年前后关闭。夏季气温常超过40°C——夏天在室外吸烟很不舒适。
Wuhan Tianhe (WUH). Central China hub, three terminals. “Furnace city” climate.
武汉天河（WUH）。 华中枢纽，三座航站楼。气候属"火炉城市”。
Lijiang Sanyi (LJG). Gateway to Lijiang’s old town. Three indoor smoking rooms past security, shown on the airport’s own facility-guide floor plans, with no landside room published.
丽江三义（LJG）。 通往丽江古城的门户。机场官方设施导图显示安检后设有三间室内吸烟室，未公布安检前的吸烟室。
Guilin Liangjiang (KWL). Guangxi’s main international gateway. Eight indoor smoking rooms — six on the third-floor departure piers past security, plus one each in the domestic and international arrivals halls.
桂林两江（KWL）。 广西的主要国际门户。设有8间室内吸烟室——6间位于三层安检后的出发指廊，国内及国际到达厅各另设1间。
Lhasa Gonggar (LXA). One of the world’s highest-elevation major airports. Terminal 3 has two indoor smoking rooms in its waiting area, one between Gates 6-7 and one between Gates 22-23.
拉萨贡嘎（LXA）。 全球海拔最高的主要机场之一。T3航站楼候机区设有两间室内吸烟室，一间位于6-7号登机口之间，一间位于22-23号登机口之间。
Smaller and Regional Airports
Nanjing (NKG) — its room is in T1 near Gate 124, so T2 passengers should use the landside areas — Fuzhou Changle’s Terminal 1 smoking room near Gate Hall 5, described by travellers in November 2023 and June 2024 — Xiamen (XMN), Tianjin (TSN), Changsha (CSX), Ürümqi (URC), Haikou (HAK) — five rooms across its two terminals — Nanning (NNG) — travellers describe rooms in Terminal 2’s international and domestic departure areas — Hefei (HFE) — indoor rooms near two domestic gates plus outdoor areas at the terminal doors — Shijiazhuang (SJW), Nanchang (KHN) — a purpose-built room added in October 2024 — Wuxi (WUX) and Jieyang Chaoshan (SWA) keep indoor smoking rooms after security, and Sanya (SYX) and Taiyuan Wusu’s Terminal 2 outdoor smoking area — Terminal 1 has none have open-air smoking airside, as does Guiyang Longdongbao’s Terminal 2 gate-concourse smoking area, described near gates 210–213 by a traveller in November 2024 (the airport lists no airside smoking for Terminal 1 or the newer Terminal 3). Zhengzhou (CGO), Qingdao (TAO), Dalian (DLC), Harbin (HRB), Lanzhou (LHW), Ningbo (NGB), Wenzhou (WNZ) — eight curbside smoking pavilions rather than open ground — Xishuangbanna Gasa (JHG), Kashgar (KHG) and Zhangjiajie Hehua (DYG) are outdoor-landside-only, as are the outdoor steps outside Shenyang Taoxian’s Terminal 3 and the outdoor area outside Jinan Yaoqiang’s terminal. A traveller described Changchun Longjia’s outdoor spot outside Terminal 2 in March 2026, and that landside spot is the one to plan on. Two airports don’t fit either pattern cleanly: Hohhot (HET) allows open-air smoking outside the terminal because the regional health regulation covers enclosed spaces only, with no marked spot published, and the airport is separately being replaced by the new Hohhot Shengle International Airport, which will take over the HET code once the repeatedly delayed transition finally completes; and Zhuhai (ZUH) has no smoking area published at all, indoors or outdoors — Zhuhai’s law confines smoking to a designated point that the airport hasn’t published. Harbin is notable for -30°C winters that make outdoor smoking genuinely punishing — wear layers.
南京（NKG，吸烟室位于T1的124号登机口附近，T2旅客宜使用公共区吸烟区）、福州长乐T1航站楼5号候机厅附近的吸烟室，旅客于2023年11月及2024年6月两次描述、厦门（XMN）、天津（TSN）、长沙（CSX）、乌鲁木齐（URC）、海口（HAK，两座航站楼共5间）、南宁（NNG，旅客描述T2国际及国内出发区均设有吸烟室）、合肥（HFE，两间国内区登机口附近的室内吸烟室，另设航站楼出入口附近的户外吸烟区）、石家庄（SJW）、南昌（KHN，2024年10月新建的专用吸烟室）、无锡（WUX）和揭阳潮汕（SWA）在安检后设有室内吸烟室，三亚（SYX）和太原武宿T2航站楼的户外吸烟区——T1未设置在安检后设有露天吸烟区；贵阳龙洞堡T2航站楼登机口区域的吸烟区同样在安检后可用，据一名旅客2024年11月的描述，该区域位于210至213号登机口附近（机场未列出T1及较新T3航站楼的安检后吸烟设施）。郑州（CGO）、青岛（TAO）、大连（DLC）、哈尔滨（HRB）、兰州（LHW）、宁波（NGB）、温州（WNZ，路侧设8个吸烟亭，而非露天区域）、西双版纳嘎洒（JHG）、喀什（KHG）和张家界荷花（DYG）只能在安检前的公共区吸烟，沈阳桃仙T3航站楼外的户外台阶和济南遥墙航站楼外的户外吸烟区同样如此。一位旅客于2026年3月描述了长春龙嘉T2航站楼外的户外吸烟点，请以这处安检前的吸烟点为准。另有两座机场情况特殊：呼和浩特（HET）因当地卫生法规仅覆盖有顶盖的封闭空间，航站楼外的露天区域可以吸烟，机场未公布具体标示地点；该机场还将被新建的呼和浩特盛乐国际机场取代，转场（已多次推迟）完成后将由盛乐机场沿用HET代码。珠海（ZUH）则未公布任何吸烟区，室内室外皆无——珠海市条例将吸烟限于机场指定吸烟点，而机场尚未公布该点的位置。哈尔滨尤为特殊，冬季气温可达-30°C，在室外吸烟着实是种煎熬——记得多穿几层。
Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong (HKG) and Macau (MFM) airports follow Special Administrative Region rules separate from mainland law. HKG has the open-air Sky Garden terrace near Gate 10 in Terminal 1, plus open-air decks near Gates 202 and 218 in the Midfield Concourse — all after security (see its own page). Macau International Airport (MFM) keeps indoor smoking rooms after security, and that exemption survived Macau’s 2026 tightening of its smoking law — Law 10/2026, in force from 1 January 2027, keeps the airport smoking-room exception exactly as it was (2026 law update). The same law bans using or carrying an e-cigarette in every place it covers, the airport smoking rooms included, from 1 July 2027; carrying e-cigarettes into Macau is already prohibited.
香港（HKG）和澳门（MFM）机场遵循各自特别行政区的规定，与中国大陆的法律不同。香港机场在1号客运大楼10号登机口附近设有露天平台Sky Garden，中场客运廊202号及218号登机口附近另设露天甲板，均在安检后（详见其专属页面）。澳门国际机场（MFM）安检后设有室内吸烟室，澳门2026年收紧控烟法律后，这一豁免依然保留：第10/2026号法律自2027年1月1日起生效，原样保留了机场吸烟室的例外（2026年法律更新）。同一法律自2027年7月1日起禁止在其涵盖的所有地点（包括机场吸烟室）使用或管有电子烟；携带电子烟入境澳门则早已被禁止。
Tips for Smokers at Chinese Airports
- Many mainland airports are outdoor-only, but a large number keep smoking after security — Kunming (KMG) keeps around five airside indoor rooms; Guangzhou (CAN), Nanjing (NKG), Xi’an (XIY), Xiamen (XMN), Tianjin (TSN), Changsha (CSX), Ürümqi (URC), Haikou (HAK), Lijiang (LJG), Guilin (KWL) and Lhasa (LXA, two rooms) have airside indoor rooms; and Shanghai Pudong (PVG), Hongqiao (SHA), Chengdu Tianfu (TFU), Chongqing (CKG) and Sanya (SYX) have open-air smoking airside — check before you fly
- At the outdoor-only hubs, exiting and re-clearing security for a smoke is feasible only on layovers of 3+ hours
- Duty-free at major airports stocks domestic and international brands
- Vape products have been state-regulated since 2022 — only tobacco-flavour vapes are legal
- Heat-not-burn devices like IQOS are restricted; bring your own at your discretion
- Winter at northern airports (Beijing, Harbin) means outdoor smoking is brutal — dress for it
China Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security
At a glance — which China airports let you smoke after security, in an indoor room, or in an outdoor area: