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description: "Smoking at Ghanaian airports: outdoors, landside before security, outside Accra Kotoka (ACC) Terminal 3. The terminal interior is smoke-free."
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# Ghana Airport Smoking Areas

Smoking in Ghana happens in the open air: at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport, the landside forecourt outside Terminal 3 — before check-in and security — is where you light up. Ghana’s law allows designated indoor smoking areas; Kotoka has not built one, so the terminal interior and the airside lounges are all smoke-free.

## Ghana 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Accra (ACC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/ghana/acc-smoking-at-accra-kotoka-airport/) | Yes | – |

For international travel through Ghana, Accra (ACC) is Ghana’s main international gateway.

## How Ghanaian Airport Smoking Works

Ghana’s Public Health Act 2012 permits designated indoor smoking areas; Kotoka operates none:

- **No indoor or airside smoking room** at Terminal 3 — airside lounges are non-smoking
- Smoking is at **outdoor areas landside**, outside the terminal before security
- **E-cigarettes** are not specifically regulated nationally — treat vaping like smoking (outdoors)

## The Hub

**[Kotoka International Airport (ACC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/ghana/acc-smoking-at-accra-kotoka-airport/).** Ghana’s main gateway; Terminal 3 handles international flights. No airside smoking room exists (the Adinkra and Akwaaba Pearl lounges are non-smoking, and Akwaaba also bans vaping). Smoking is outdoors landside, so transit/departing passengers must smoke before security.

## Tips for Smokers at Ghanaian Airports

- Accra Terminal 3 has no airside smoking — smoke outdoors before security
- The airside lounges are non-smoking — don’t count on them
- Vaping is unregulated nationally but treat it like smoking at the airport (outdoors)
- Step outside the terminal building to smoke, away from entrances

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can you smoke at Accra Kotoka Airport (ACC)?

Yes — outdoors only, at the outdoor areas landside, outside the terminal before security, at Kotoka International Airport’s Terminal 3\. The airside lounges are non-smoking and there is no indoor or airside smoking room.

### Is there smoking after security at Accra Airport?

Smoking at Kotoka is landside only — use the outdoor areas outside Terminal 3 before you clear security. Ghana’s law permits designated indoor smoking areas; Kotoka operates none, so transit and departing passengers smoke before security.

### Are e-cigarettes and vapes allowed at Ghanaian airports?

Yes — outdoors, on the open-air landside forecourt outside the terminal, the same place smokers use. Ghana’s tobacco law does not specifically regulate e-cigarettes, so there is no dedicated airport vaping rule; keep vaping out of the terminal, where the airside lounges prohibit it.

### Where can I smoke at Accra Airport?

At the open-air areas outside the terminal building, landside before security. There is no marked airside smoking spot.

### Does Ghana allow airport smoking rooms?

Yes — Ghana’s Public Health Act 2012 permits designated smoking areas in indoor public places. Kotoka Terminal 3 has not built one, so smoking there is on the open-air landside forecourt outside the building, before security.