--- title: "Smoking at Shannon Airport – SNN" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/ireland/snn-smoking-at-shannon-airport/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoke at Shannon Airport (SNN) at the outdoor area after security, two flights of stairs up from the main bar and duty-free, or outside the terminal front." lastmod: "2026-10-17T00:00:00Z" --- # Smoking at Shannon Airport – SNN Yes, you can smoke at **Shannon Airport (SNN)** after security, at the smoking area next to the airport’s transit lounge: Brendan M, a reader, described it on 4 September 2026 as an outdoor area up two flights of stairs from the main bar and duty-free area. Before security, smoke at the designated area outside the front of the terminal building. Smoking is allowed only at these two areas, and the airport’s own statements on vaping contradict each other, so ask staff before vaping; Irish law allows no smoking room inside an airport terminal (Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002, Section 47). ## After security: the area next to the transit lounge The airport’s smoking area after security is next to its transit lounge. Brendan M, a reader, described it on 4 September 2026 as an outdoor area reached by two flights of stairs from the main bar and duty-free area in the departures lounge. The airport publishes no hours for it and marks it on neither of its terminal maps, so ask staff for the way and whether it is open. ## US Preclearance The airport lists no smoking area after US Preclearance, and its Ború Lounge (open to all passengers 06:00 to 19:00, €50 a person for up to three hours, no smoking room listed) cannot be entered after Preclearance either. Smoke at the outdoor area next to the transit lounge before you go through, allowing the 60 minutes the airport asks for Preclearance, and ask staff if you are unsure of the way. ## Before security: outside the terminal front The designated area is outside the front of the terminal building. The airport publishes no hours for it; ask staff for the nearest way out to it from arrivals. ## Vaping The airport allows vaping only at the same two designated areas as smoking, outside the terminal front and next to the transit lounge. It also says e-cigarettes and vaporisers cannot be used within the airport premises or during the wait to board, so ask staff before vaping at either area. It publishes no rule for heated tobacco. ## Summary | Area | Smoking | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Inside the terminal | No | Smoking confined to the two designated areas | | After security, next to the transit lounge | Yes | Outdoor area up two flights of stairs from the main bar and duty-free area (Brendan M, a reader, 4 September 2026); no hours published | | After US Preclearance | Ask staff | The airport lists no smoking area; smoke before you go through | | Outside the terminal front, before security | Yes | Designated area; no hours published | | Vaping | Same two areas | The airport also says e-cigarettes cannot be used within the premises; ask staff before vaping | For Ireland’s airport smoking law, the fines, the vaping rule and the Dublin and Cork pages, see our [Ireland airport smoking guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/ireland/). ## Useful Links - [Shannon Airport passenger facilities (official)](https://www.shannonairport.ie/airport-facilities) - [Shannon Airport US Customs and Immigration (official)](https://www.shannonairport.ie/us-customs-immigration-in-shannon) - [Shannon Airport Ború Lounge (official)](https://www.shannonairport.ie/airport-lounge-bookings) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Are there smoking areas at Shannon Airport (SNN)? Yes — two: a smoking area after security, next to the airport’s transit lounge, which Brendan M, a reader, described on 4 September 2026 as an outdoor area up two flights of stairs from the main bar and duty-free area, and a designated area outside the front of the terminal building, before security. Smoking is allowed only at these two areas; the airport’s own statements on vaping contradict each other, so ask staff before vaping. ### Is there a smoking area after security at Shannon Airport? Yes — next to the transit lounge: an outdoor area up two flights of stairs from the main bar and duty-free area in the departures lounge, as Brendan M, a reader, described it on 4 September 2026\. The airport publishes no hours for it, so ask staff whether it is open. It lists no smoking area after US Preclearance, so smoke before you go through. ### Where can I smoke at Shannon Airport? After security, at the outdoor area next to the transit lounge, two flights of stairs up from the main bar and duty-free area; before security, at the designated area outside the front of the terminal building. Ask staff for the way to either. ### Can I smoke inside the terminal building at Shannon Airport? Smoking inside the terminal is banned by Irish law, which allows no smoking room in an airport, and the airport confines smoking to its two designated areas: outside the terminal front and next to the transit lounge, outdoors. ### Can you vape at Shannon Airport? The airport allows vaping only at the same two designated areas as smoking, outside the terminal front and next to the transit lounge, and it also says e-cigarettes and vaporisers cannot be used within the airport premises or during the wait to board, so ask staff before vaping at either area. It publishes no rule for heated tobacco. ### Can I smoke after US Preclearance at Shannon Airport? The airport lists no smoking area after US Preclearance, and the Ború Lounge cannot be entered after it either. Smoke at the outdoor area next to the transit lounge before you go through, allowing the 60 minutes the airport asks for Preclearance, and ask staff if you are unsure of the way.