If you smoke and are passing through Croatia, the coverage varies by airport. Zagreb Airport keeps indoor smoking cabins after security in both Schengen Departures (2nd floor) and Non-Schengen Departures (3rd floor), so you can light up without leaving the secure zone, plus an outdoor spot landside for arrivals and departures before the checkpoint. Split Airport also has a designated airside smoking area on its departures floor. Dubrovnik and Zadar, Croatia’s two coastal charter airports, publish no smoking area of their own — smoke outside the terminal building, landside, where Croatian law permits open-air smoking. Vapers follow the same pattern at every airport: wherever cigarette smoking is allowed, vaping is too.
Zagreb Airport (Franjo Tuđman Airport, ZAG) is Croatia’s busiest and the realistic place most travellers will connect or fly through; Split (SPU), Dubrovnik (DBV) and Zadar (ZAD) serve the Adriatic coast, busiest in the summer charter season.
How Croatia Airport Smoking Works
- Croatia’s Tobacco & Related Products Act bans smoking and e-cigarettes in all enclosed public spaces.
- Wherever an airport has a designated smoking area, e-cigarettes are allowed there on the same terms as cigarettes.
- Enforcement intensified in 2025.
- Fines run roughly €600 to €2,000 for individuals and up to about €20,000 for businesses.
- Zagreb (ZAG) and Split (SPU) have confirmed airside smoking areas; Dubrovnik (DBV) and Zadar (ZAD) publish no smoking area, so smoke outside the terminal, landside before security.
Zagreb Airport (ZAG)
A single-terminal airport and Croatia’s busiest. Smokers have three options:
- Schengen Departures (airside): an indoor smoking cabin on the 2nd floor, after security.
- Non-Schengen Departures (airside): an indoor smoking cabin on the 3rd floor, after security.
- Schengen Departures (landside): a designated outdoor smoking area on the Ground Floor, before security.
The two airside cabins make ZAG a comfortable connecting point on both Schengen and Non-Schengen itineraries; the ground-floor outdoor area is the landside alternative before you clear security. See our Zagreb Airport smoking guide.
Split Airport (SPU)
Croatia’s second-busiest airport and the main gateway to Dalmatia. The airport’s official interactive terminal map marks a designated smoking area on Floor 1, the departures level, next to the duty-free shop — airside, past security. Landside, before security, Croatian law also permits open-air smoking outside the terminal building; no specific spot is marked there. See our Split Airport smoking guide.
Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)
Croatia’s third-busiest airport, serving the Old Town and the Dalmatian coast. The airport publishes no smoking area of its own; smoke outside the terminal building, landside, where Croatian law permits open-air smoking. See our Dubrovnik Airport smoking guide.
Zadar Airport (ZAD)
A regional gateway to northern Dalmatia. Like Dubrovnik, the airport publishes no smoking area; smoke outside the terminal building, landside, where Croatian law permits open-air smoking. See our Zadar Airport smoking guide.
Tips for Smokers at Croatian Airports
- At Zagreb, use the airside cabin on the 2nd floor of Schengen Departures or the 3rd-floor cabin in Non-Schengen Departures once you are past security.
- At Split, the airside smoking area is on the departures floor, next to duty-free.
- At Dubrovnik and Zadar, smoke landside before security — neither airport publishes a smoking area; Croatian law permits open-air smoking outside the terminal building.
- Vaping is fine wherever smoking is allowed; keep e-cigarettes put away elsewhere in the terminal.
Croatia Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security
| Airport | After security | Indoor room | Outdoor area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking at Dubrovnik Airport – DBV | – | – | Yes |
| Smoking at Split Airport – SPU | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smoking at Zadar Airport – ZAD | – | – | Yes |
| Zagreb Airport (Franjo Tudman) (ZAG) | Yes | Yes | Yes |