--- title: "Croatia Airport Smoking Areas" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoke after security at Zagreb (ZAG) in the indoor smoking cabins and at Split (SPU) in the Floor 1 cabin by gate 5; Dubrovnik and Zadar list none: ask staff." lastmod: "2026-10-24T00:00:00Z" --- # Croatia Airport Smoking Areas Yes, you can smoke at Croatian airports: after security at Zagreb Airport (ZAG), in the indoor smoking cabins in Schengen Departures (2nd floor) and Non-Schengen Departures (3rd floor) and in the outdoor area on the Ground Floor of Schengen Departures (no hours published, so ask staff if one is closed), and at Split Airport (SPU), in the smoking area on Floor 1, the departures floor, close to gate 5\. Dubrovnik (DBV) and Zadar (ZAD) list no smoking area, so ask staff for the nearest spot outside the terminal. Croatian law bans smoking, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in all enclosed public spaces and allows an approved smoking room only inside hospitality premises (Tobacco and Related Products Act, Article 25). ## Croatia Airports Compared: Before and After Security Before security, you can always smoke outside: at a designated smoking area where there is one, or outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, Yes means there is a smoking area past security and a dash means none is listed. Each airport’s page has the details. | Airport | Before security | After security | | --- | --- | --- | | [Dubrovnik (DBV)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/dbv-smoking-at-dubrovnik-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Split (SPU)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/spu-smoking-at-split-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Zadar (ZAD)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/zad-smoking-at-zadar-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Zagreb (ZAG)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/zag-smoking-at-zagreb-airport/) | Yes | Yes | [Zagreb Airport (ZAG)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/zag-smoking-at-zagreb-airport/) is the Croatian airport with smoking cabins after security in both departures areas, so a connection there needs no exit. ## How Croatia Airport Smoking Works The Tobacco and Related Products Act (NN 45/2017) bans smoking in all enclosed public spaces, airport terminals and waiting rooms included; its July 2025 amendment (NN 98/2025) added e-cigarettes with or without nicotine, water pipes and heated-tobacco products to the same ban. An approved smoking room is allowed only in premises where a hospitality business operates: fully enclosed, at least 10 m², no food or drink served, with its own ventilation keeping the room under negative pressure, and a Ministry of Health decision confirming compliance. Outdoors, the Act bans smoking within 20 metres of the entrances to health and education buildings and in the open-air parts of education premises; an airport’s open-air areas follow the airport’s own rules. The fines, set in euros in July 2025: €130 on the spot for a person smoking, vaping or using heated tobacco in an enclosed public space; €9,290 to €19,900 for a company that fails to enforce the ban; €260 to €2,560 for a hospitality company where someone is found smoking outside an approved room. In practice: - Zagreb: indoor smoking cabins after security on the 2nd floor (Schengen) and the 3rd floor (Non-Schengen), plus a designated outdoor area on the Ground Floor of Schengen Departures, also after security; the airport lists no area before security - Split: a smoking area on Floor 1, the departures floor, after security; in May 2025 travellers described it as a cabin in the corner close to gate 5 - Dubrovnik and Zadar: the airport lists no smoking area, inside the terminal or after security, so ask staff for the nearest spot outside the terminal - Zagreb allows electronic cigarettes only inside its smoking cabins; Split, Dubrovnik and Zadar publish no vaping rule, so ask staff before you vape there ## Zagreb Airport (ZAG) The airport lists indoor smoking cabins after security in Schengen Departures on the 2nd floor (in May 2025 travellers described one opposite gates 23 and 24, behind Caffe Nero, and the airport has also listed cabins by gates 26 to 28), one indoor cabin in Non-Schengen Departures on the 3rd floor, after security and border control, and a designated outdoor smoking area on the Ground Floor of Schengen Departures, after the security checkpoint on its map. It publishes no opening hours for them, so ask staff if a cabin or the outdoor area is closed. It lists no smoking area before security: ask staff for the nearest place outside the terminal, and if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. Transfer passengers may smoke only inside the cabins. See our [Zagreb Airport smoking guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/zag-smoking-at-zagreb-airport/). ## Split Airport (SPU) The airport’s map marks one smoking area, on Floor 1, the departures floor, after security; in May 2025 travellers described it as a cabin in the corner close to gate 5, opposite the coffee shop, and travellers described the same room by gate 5 from August 2019 to April 2024\. The airport publishes no opening hours for it and lists no smoking area before security, so ask staff for the nearest place outside the terminal. See our [Split Airport smoking guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/spu-smoking-at-split-airport/). ## Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) The airport lists no smoking area, in Terminal B or Terminal C, before or after security, and marks none on its floor maps; its three lounges on the third floor carry no published smoking rule either. Ask staff for the nearest spot outside the terminal, and if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. See our [Dubrovnik Airport smoking guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/dbv-smoking-at-dubrovnik-airport/). ## Zadar Airport (ZAD) The airport lists no smoking area, inside its terminals or after security. It opened a new departures terminal in July 2026; in May 2025, during the building work, travellers described the open-air terrace by gate 5, where passengers used to smoke after security, as closed; ask staff where to smoke now, and for the nearest spot outside the terminal. See our [Zadar Airport smoking guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/croatia/zad-smoking-at-zadar-airport/). ## Tips for Smokers at Croatian Airports - At Zagreb, use the cabins on the 2nd floor of Schengen Departures or the 3rd-floor cabin in Non-Schengen Departures once you are past security; the Ground Floor outdoor area is after security too. - At Split, the smoking area is on Floor 1, the departures floor, after security, close to gate 5\. - At Dubrovnik and Zadar, ask staff for the nearest spot outside the terminal; neither airport lists a smoking area, and if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. - E-cigarettes and heated tobacco fall under the same indoor ban as cigarettes; Zagreb allows electronic cigarettes only in its cabins and publishes no heated-tobacco rule; the other airports publish no rule, so ask staff before you vape. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can you smoke at Zagreb Airport after security? Yes — Zagreb Airport (ZAG) lists indoor smoking cabins after security in Schengen Departures on the 2nd floor and one in Non-Schengen Departures on the 3rd floor, and a designated outdoor smoking area on the Ground Floor of Schengen Departures, also after the security checkpoint on its map. ### Is there an outdoor smoking area at Zagreb Airport? Yes — a designated outdoor smoking area on the Ground Floor of Schengen Departures, after the security checkpoint on the airport’s map. The airport lists no smoking area before security, so ask staff for the nearest place outside the terminal; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. ### Can you vape at Croatian airports? Croatian law bans e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in all enclosed public spaces, the same as cigarettes. Zagreb Airport allows electronic cigarettes only inside its designated smoking cabins; Split, Dubrovnik and Zadar publish no vaping rule, so ask staff before you vape there. ### What are the smoking fines in Croatia? An inspector fines a person €130 on the spot for smoking, vaping or using heated tobacco in an enclosed public space (Article 43 of the Tobacco and Related Products Act, amounts set in July 2025); a company that fails to enforce the ban faces €9,290 to €19,900, and a hospitality company where someone is found smoking outside an approved smoking room €260 to €2,560. ### Which Croatian airport is best for smokers? Zagreb Airport (ZAG), with indoor cabins after security in Schengen and Non-Schengen Departures plus an outdoor area on the Ground Floor, also after security. Split Airport (SPU) has a smoking area after security on Floor 1, close to gate 5; Dubrovnik (DBV) and Zadar (ZAD) list no smoking area, so ask staff there for the nearest spot outside the terminal.