Yes, you can smoke at Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) — in a smoking room in the boarding area after security, plus outside the terminal building, landside, where Italian law permits smoking in the open air.
Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, Puglia’s main gateway, is a single-terminal airport handling close to 8 million passengers a year, about 8 km from the city centre.
After Security (Airside)
Bari keeps a smoking room in the boarding area, reached once you clear security, so a connecting passenger can use it without leaving the secure zone. Italy’s 2003 Sirchia Law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces generally, with an exception for separately-designated smoking rooms — this room is one.
Aeroporti di Puglia, the airport operator, confirms the room is current: in 2026 it ran a competitive tender for the branding rights to the display panels inside the smoking room in the boarding area, with the result published in August 2026.
Before Security (Landside)
Outside the terminal building, landside, Italian law permits smoking in the open air — before you check in or clear security, or after arriving passengers collect their bags.
Vaping
The airport publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes at Bari. Use the smoking room in the boarding area airside, or the space outside the terminal building landside.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal (landside) | No | Enclosed public spaces are smoke-free under Italy’s 2003 Sirchia Law |
| After security / airside | Yes | Smoking room in the boarding area |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Outside the terminal building; Italian law permits smoking in the open air |
| Vaping | Yes | Same areas as smoking — the airport publishes no separate e-cigarette rule |
For Italy’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Italy airport guide.