Yes, Shenzhen Bao’an (SZX) has designated smoking areas — all outdoors, clearly signposted outside Terminal 3. Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside the terminal. The main outdoor spots sit along the curbside outside the Level 4 departures hall doors and outside the arrivals-level exits.
是的,深圳宝安国际机场(SZX)设有指定吸烟区,全部位于户外,3号航站楼外有清晰标识。航站楼内任何位置均禁止吸烟。主要户外吸烟点位于4层出发大厅门外路边及到达层出口外。
Shenzhen turned from a fishing village into China’s tech capital in a single generation. Huawei, Tencent, DJI, BYD — the companies that define modern Chinese tech are headquartered here. Massimiliano Fuksas designed Bao’an’s terminal as a giant manta ray wrapped in honeycomb skin — flowing white surfaces, geometric light. It is genuinely beautiful inside; beauty will not help you find a cigarette break.
深圳一代人之间从渔村变身中国科技之都。华为、腾讯、大疆、比亚迪——定义现代中国科技的公司均总部于此。马西米利亚诺·福克萨斯将宝安航站楼设计成巨型蝠鲼造型,蜂巢状外壳——流动的白色曲面与几何光影,室内确实赏心悦目,但与吸烟方便与否无关。
Terminal Smoking Areas
SZX operates from a single massive Terminal 3, opened in 2013 to replace the airport’s older Terminals A, B and D, plus an X-shaped satellite concourse north of it that opened in December 2021 for domestic flights, linked to T3 by a three-minute automated people mover. The stack inside T3 runs: Level 4 check-in hall, Level 3 departure gates, Level 2 arrivals hall, Level 1 ground transportation center. Outdoor smoking areas are landside — several marked spots in a row along the curbside outside the Level 4 departures hall doors, and more outside the arrivals-level exits near the pick-up gates. Most domestic gates are 5-10 minutes from the central hall; the furthest international gates take about 15, and satellite-concourse gates add the people-mover ride back. Smoke breaks are more manageable here than at PEK or PKX; security re-screening still adds 20-30 minutes.
Terminal 3 once had an airside smoking room near gate 70 — a 100-square-meter lounge that sat opposite a nursing room. Complaints under the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone tobacco-control regulation ended it: the airport closed the room in November 2020, and no indoor smoking facility has operated at SZX since. Do not count on any post-security option — plan your smoke around the outdoor spots before you clear security.
航站楼吸烟区 — SZX为单体巨型3号航站楼,2013年启用,取代机场较旧的A、B、D航站楼;其北侧另有一座"X"造型卫星厅,2021年12月启用,服务国内航班,乘捷运列车约3分钟即达T3。T3楼层结构为:4层值机大厅、3层候机登机、2层到达大厅、1层地面交通中心。户外吸烟区位于公共区——4层出发大厅门外路边数个吸烟点一字排开,到达层出口外接机口附近另有吸烟点。多数国内登机口距中央大厅5-10分钟,最远国际登机口约15分钟,卫星厅登机口还需加上返回的捷运车程。吸烟休息比PEK或PKX更可行;安检复检仍需额外20-30分钟。
3号航站楼70号登机口附近曾设有一间约100平方米的安检后吸烟室,对面即是母婴室。依据《深圳经济特区控烟条例》的投诉终结了它:机场于2020年11月将其关闭,此后SZX再无任何室内吸烟设施运营。请勿指望安检后有任何吸烟选择——过安检前先在户外吸烟点安排好。
Before Security / Landside
The easiest smoke is outside the terminal before you enter. The Level 4 departures curbside has covered, marked smoking spots — useful given Shenzhen’s frequent April-September downpours. Arriving by Metro Line 11 (Airport station), you exit into the ground transportation center and can step outside before heading up to the Level 4 check-in hall. After landing, the arrivals-level exits put you next to the outdoor spots within a couple of minutes of the baggage hall. Lighters are confiscated at Chinese security checkpoints, so don’t expect to carry one to your gate — there is no airside smoking anyway. Vaping is treated the same as smoking at SZX, so use the same outdoor spots.
安检前 / 公共区 — 最方便的吸烟时机是进入航站楼前。4层出发层路边设有带顶棚、有标识的吸烟点,在深圳4-9月频繁降雨时尤为实用。乘地铁11号线(机场站)抵达后,进入地面交通中心,上4层值机大厅前先到外面抽烟。落地后,从行李厅步行两三分钟出到达层出口即是户外吸烟点。中国安检会没收打火机,无法带至登机口——反正安检后也无处吸烟。在SZX,电子烟与香烟同等对待,请同样使用户外吸烟点。
For China airport smoking rules, indoor vs outdoor rules and provincial bans, see our China smoking guide.
如需了解中国机场吸烟规定、电子烟禁令和各省执法差异,请参阅中国机场吸烟指南。
Useful Links
实用链接 — 深圳宝安国际机场官网