Yes, you can smoke after security at Helsinki Airport (HEL): Finavia keeps four smoking rooms in the gate areas, all open 24 hours, by gate 12 and gate 28 in the Schengen area and by gate 40 and in the Aukio area near gates 50 to 55 in the non-Schengen area. Finavia lists no outdoor smoking area, after security or before it, so ask staff before smoking outside.
Schengen gates 5 to 36
Two smoking rooms, both open 24 hours: by gate 12 on the 2nd floor, beside the Brew’d bar at gate 13, and by gate 28 on the 3rd floor. Finavia describes its smoking rooms as well ventilated and allows no food or drink inside them. Finnish law bans smoking in indoor spaces open to the public and allows it only in a separate approved smoking room (Tobacco Act 549/2016, Section 76).
Non-Schengen gates 37 to 55
Two smoking rooms, both open 24 hours and both on the 2nd floor: by gate 40, serving gates 40 to 49, and in the Aukio area, serving gates 50 to 55. Finavia places both in the long-haul area.
Outdoor terrace and before security
Finavia lists no outdoor smoking area. The Toastery café’s terrace by gate 21, after security, is open around the clock, weather permitting, and Finavia does not list it as a smoking area, so ask staff before smoking there. Before security, Finavia lists no smoking area either, so ask staff where you may smoke outside the terminal, or smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.
Vaping
Finavia’s airport rules allow smoking indoors, electronic cigarettes included, only in its designated smoking rooms, so vape in the four rooms and nowhere else in the terminal. Finavia names no rule for heated tobacco, so ask staff.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gate 12 smoking room (Schengen, after security) | Yes | 2nd floor, beside the Brew’d bar at gate 13; open 24 hours |
| Gate 28 smoking room (Schengen, after security) | Yes | 3rd floor; open 24 hours |
| Gate 40 smoking room (non-Schengen, after security) | Yes | 2nd floor, serving gates 40 to 49; open 24 hours |
| Aukio smoking room (non-Schengen, after security) | Yes | 2nd floor, serving gates 50 to 55; open 24 hours |
| Toastery terrace by gate 21 (after security) | Ask staff | Outdoor terrace, open around the clock, weather permitting; not listed as a smoking area |
| Before security | Ask staff | Finavia lists no smoking area |
| Vaping | Smoking rooms only | Electronic cigarettes under the same rule; no rule for heated tobacco, ask staff |
For Finland’s airport smoking law, the fines and the vaping rule, see our Finland airport guide.