Yes, you can smoke at Zagreb Airport (ZAG) after security: in the indoor smoking cabins in Schengen Departures on the 2nd floor and in Non-Schengen Departures on the 3rd floor, and in the designated outdoor smoking area on the Ground Floor of Schengen Departures, which the airport’s map places after the security checkpoint. None of them has published opening hours, so ask staff if one is closed. The airport lists no smoking area before security, so ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside the terminal; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.
Flying on to the coast? Split Airport has a smoking area after security on its departures floor; Dubrovnik and Zadar list none.
Schengen Departures: 2nd floor and Ground Floor
The airport lists indoor smoking cabins in Schengen Departures on the 2nd floor, after the security checkpoint, and marks two on its map without gate numbers. In May 2025 travellers described a cabin opposite gates 23 and 24, behind Caffe Nero or to the right of the main duty-free exit; the airport has also listed cabins next to the duty-free shop by gates 26, 27 and 28. On the Ground Floor of Schengen Departures the airport lists a designated outdoor smoking area, after the security checkpoint on its map. The airport publishes no opening hours for any of them, so ask staff if a cabin or the outdoor area is closed. Croatian law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces except in an approved smoking room (Article 25 of the Tobacco and Related Products Act), so the cabins are the places to smoke inside the building. The Primeclass Business Lounge on Level 2, opposite gate 23 (05:00 to 22:00, €45), carries no published smoking rule, so ask the lounge staff.
Non-Schengen Departures: 3rd floor
The airport lists one indoor smoking cabin in Non-Schengen Departures on the 3rd floor, after security and border control, with no gate number and no opening hours, so ask staff if it is closed.
Before security
The airport lists no smoking area before security. Ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside the terminal; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.
Vaping
The airport does not allow electronic cigarettes anywhere inside the terminal except within the designated smoking cabins, and asks passengers carrying one in hand luggage to check their airline’s rules. It publishes no rule for heated tobacco, so ask staff.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Schengen Departures, 2nd floor (after security) | Yes | Indoor smoking cabins; in May 2025 travellers described one opposite gates 23 and 24, behind Caffe Nero; the airport has also listed cabins by gates 26 to 28; no hours published, ask staff if a cabin is closed |
| Schengen Departures, Ground Floor (after security) | Yes | Designated outdoor smoking area; no hours published, ask staff if it is closed |
| Non-Schengen Departures, 3rd floor (after security and border control) | Yes | Indoor smoking cabin; no hours published, ask staff if it is closed |
| Before security | Ask staff | The airport lists no smoking area; outside the airport property if there is none |
| Vaping | Smoking cabins only | The airport allows electronic cigarettes nowhere else inside the terminal |
For Croatia’s airport smoking law, the fines and the vaping rule, see our Croatia airport guide.