Yes, you can smoke at Larnaca International Airport (LCA) — airside, in a designated ventilated smoking room past passport control near the Burger King and Costa Coffee outlets, and landside at the marked outdoor areas outside the terminal entrances.
Larnaca is Cyprus’s main international gateway, handling the bulk of the island’s air traffic through a single modern terminal operated by Hermes Airports. Because it keeps an enclosed smoking room airside, a Larnaca layover is easier for smokers than at the many European hubs that are outdoor-only.
Smoking After Security (Airside Departures)
Once you clear passport control into the departures transit area, head for the food court around Burger King and Costa Coffee. The designated smoking room sits behind those units, with the entrance reported to the far left. It is an enclosed, ventilated room — the airport has upgraded the extraction equipment to improve airflow — and it is the only place to smoke inside the building.
This is the spot that matters for transit and connecting passengers: you can smoke without leaving the secure zone, so you do not have to exit and re-clear security during a layover. Traveller reviews of the room are mixed on cleanliness, so allow a moment and expect a busy, functional space rather than a lounge.
Smoking Landside (Before Check-In & at Arrivals)
Before you check in, and after you land and collect your bags, smoking is at the designated outdoor areas outside the terminal entrances. Step out through the main doors, find a marked smoking point away from the entrance, and you are clear to light up.
The general landside terminal — check-in hall, arrivals concourse and cafés — is smoke-free, so the outdoor areas outside the doors are your option on either side of a flight. If you are meeting or seeing off a passenger, these outdoor points are the nearest place to smoke.
Vaping
Cyprus treats e-cigarettes and heated-tobacco devices under the same rules as cigarettes, so vaping is not allowed in the open terminal. Use the designated smoking room airside or the outdoor areas landside for both cigarettes and vapes. There is no separate vaping lounge at Larnaca.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal (general) | No | Check-in, gates and cafés are smoke-free |
| After security / airside | Yes | Ventilated smoking room past passport control near Burger King |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Designated areas outside the terminal entrances |
Cyprus bans smoking in enclosed public spaces under the Protection of Health (Control of Smoking) Law, which permits airports to run a separately-ventilated smoking room — the mechanism behind Larnaca’s airside room. For Cyprus’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Cyprus airport guide.