Yes, you can smoke at Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos) (ATH) after security, in designated smoking rooms in every departures area: opposite gate A8 in the Extra-Schengen area, opposite gates B12 and B19 in the Intra-Schengen area, and in the departures area of the satellite terminal that serves gates C15 to C40. Two more serve arriving passengers, opposite baggage belt 6 in Intra-Schengen arrivals and before passport control in Extra-Schengen arrivals. All are free to use; the airport publishes no opening hours for them, so ask staff if a room is closed. Before security, inside or outside the terminal, the airport lists no smoking area, so ask staff.
Flying on to Crete? Heraklion Airport lists no smoking area, inside the terminal or after security.
Main Terminal: A and B gates
Gates A1 to A27 and B1 to B31 are in the main terminal building. In the Extra-Schengen departures area, the smoking room is opposite gate A8; in August 2025 travellers described it right in front of the gate. In the Intra-Schengen departures area there are two: one opposite gate B12, which travellers described in May 2026 next to gates B12 and B13 and in July 2025 as an air-conditioned, sponsor-branded room, and one opposite gate B19, which travellers described in March 2026 opposite gates B19 to B21. Greek law allows smoking at an airport only in a space designated for smokers (Law 3730/2008), so these rooms are the only places to smoke inside the building.
Satellite Terminal: C gates
Gates C15 to C40 are in the satellite terminal building, reached from the main terminal by the underground link beside check-in counter 70, about 15 minutes on foot with the moving walkways. A smoking room is in the satellite’s departures area; the airport gives no gate number for it, and in September 2023 travellers described it just before gate C34. Ask staff in the satellite for the nearest room.
Arrivals
A smoking room is opposite baggage belt 6 in Intra-Schengen arrivals and another before passport control in Extra-Schengen arrivals, so an arriving passenger can smoke before leaving the secure area.
Before security
The airport lists no smoking area before security, inside or outside the terminal, on the departures or the arrivals level. Ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside the building; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.
Vaping
The airport does not allow electronic cigarettes inside the terminal building and sends their users to the designated smoking rooms, the same rooms as for cigarettes.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Extra-Schengen departures, opposite gate A8 (after security) | Yes | Smoking room, free, no hours published, ask staff if closed; in August 2025 travellers described it right in front of the gate |
| Intra-Schengen departures, opposite gate B12 (after security) | Yes | Smoking room, free; in May 2026 travellers described it next to gates B12 and B13, in July 2025 as air-conditioned and sponsor-branded |
| Intra-Schengen departures, opposite gate B19 (after security) | Yes | Smoking room, free; in March 2026 travellers described it opposite gates B19 to B21 |
| Satellite terminal departures, gates C15 to C40 (after security) | Yes | Smoking room, free, no gate number published; in September 2023 travellers described it just before gate C34 |
| Intra-Schengen arrivals, opposite baggage belt 6 | Yes | Smoking room, free |
| Extra-Schengen arrivals, before passport control | Yes | Smoking room, free |
| Before security, inside or outside the terminal | Ask staff | The airport lists no smoking area; outside the airport property if there is none |
| Vaping | In the smoking rooms | The airport does not allow electronic cigarettes in the terminal building |
For Greece’s airport smoking law, the fine and the vaping rule, see our Greece airport guide.