--- title: "Smoking at Cagliari Elmas Airport – CAG" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/italy/cag-smoking-at-cagliari-airport/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoke at Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) in the signed areas outside the terminal at arrivals and departures; after security, in the Prima Vista Lounge for €10." lastmod: "2026-10-17T00:00:00Z" --- # Smoking at Cagliari Elmas Airport – CAG Yes, you can smoke at **Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)** before security, in the signed smoking areas just outside the terminal at the arrivals level and the departures level, where the airport installed its Smokers Point ashtrays on 6 May 2025\. After security the only smoking area the airport lists is inside the Prima Vista Lounge on the second floor, reached after the security checks on the first floor and signed on the left before the shops, which sells entry to the smoking area alone for €10 and is open 05:30 to 21:00 daily; the airport publishes no separate hours for the smoking area and none for the outdoor areas, so ask staff. Italian law lets a terminal keep a smoking room that meets its ventilation rules (Legge 16 gennaio 2003, n. 3, article 51). Flying from Sardinia’s other main airport? [Olbia Airport has an open-air smoking garden after security](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/italy/olb-smoking-at-olbia-airport/). ## After security: the Prima Vista Lounge The airport lists one smoking area after security, inside the Prima Vista Lounge on the second floor of the terminal, which you reach after the security checks on the first floor by following the sign on the left just before the shops. The lounge is open 05:30 to 21:00 daily; entry to the smoking area alone costs €10, the whole lounge €30 for an adult and €15 for a child aged 2 to 14, free under two, with a family ticket for two adults and two children at €65. Travellers described the smoking area in August 2026 as a separate room with a door taking up about half of the lounge, reached by turning left after security while the gates and shops are to the right, and in August 2024 as a semi-outdoor space. The airport publishes no separate hours for the smoking area and lists no other smoking area after security, so ask staff if the lounge is closed; if there is none, you leave the secure area to smoke outside and clear security again afterwards. ## Before security: the signed outdoor areas The airport’s signed smoking areas are just outside the terminal at the arrivals level and the departures level, where it installed its Smokers Point ashtrays for cigarette ends on 6 May 2025\. It publishes no door, position or hours for them, so ask staff for the nearest one from the doors. ## Vaping The airport publishes no vaping rule, so ask staff before you vape; the Italian rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco is on our Italy guide below. ## Summary | Area | Smoking | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Prima Vista Lounge, second floor, after security | Yes, €10 | The lounge’s smoking area; lounge hours 05:30 to 21:00, no separate hours published; €30 for the whole lounge | | Elsewhere after security | Ask staff | The airport lists no other smoking area | | Before security, outside the terminal at arrivals and departures | Yes | The signed areas with the Smokers Point ashtrays of May 2025; no hours published | | Vaping | Ask staff | The airport publishes no rule | For Italy’s airport smoking law, fines and the rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, see our [Italy airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/italy/). ## Useful Links - [SOGAER: Prima Vista VIP Lounge, prices and the smoking area (official)](https://www.sogaer.it/en/prima-vista-vip-lounge-en) - [SOGAER: the Smokers Points outside the terminal, May 2025 (official)](https://www.sogaer.it/en/press-room/cagliari-airport-joins-re-cig-against-cigarette-litter) - [Cagliari Elmas Airport (official site)](https://www.sogaer.it/en/) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can you smoke at Cagliari Elmas Airport? Yes — before security, in the signed smoking areas just outside the terminal at the arrivals and departures levels, where the airport installed its Smokers Point ashtrays in May 2025\. After security the only smoking area the airport lists is inside the Prima Vista Lounge on the second floor, which sells entry to the smoking area alone for €10 and is open 05:30 to 21:00; the airport publishes no separate hours for the smoking area and none for the outdoor areas, so ask staff. ### Is there a smoking area after security at Cagliari Airport? Yes — inside the Prima Vista Lounge, on the second floor after the security checks on the first floor, signed on the left before the shops; the airport sells entry to the lounge’s smoking area alone for €10, or the whole lounge for €30; the lounge is open 05:30 to 21:00 and publishes no separate hours for the smoking area. Travellers described it in August 2026 as a separate room with a door taking up about half the lounge, and in August 2024 as a semi-outdoor space. The airport lists no other smoking area after security, so ask staff if the lounge is closed; if there is none, you leave the secure area to smoke outside and clear security again. ### Where can I smoke before security at Cagliari Airport? In the signed smoking areas just outside the terminal at the arrivals level and the departures level, where the airport installed its Smokers Point ashtrays on 6 May 2025; it publishes no door or hours for them, so ask staff for the nearest from the doors. ### How much does the smoking area in the Prima Vista Lounge cost? €10 for the smoking area alone, or €30 for an adult and €15 for a child aged 2 to 14 for the whole lounge, open 05:30 to 21:00 daily on the second floor after security; the airport publishes no separate hours for the smoking area. ### Can you vape at Cagliari Airport? The airport publishes no vaping rule, so ask staff before you vape; the Italian rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco is on our Italy guide. ### Can I smoke during a layover at Cagliari Airport? Yes — the Prima Vista Lounge on the second floor is after security, so a connecting passenger reaches its smoking area for €10 without leaving the secure area while the lounge is open, 05:30 to 21:00; the airport publishes no separate hours for the smoking area. Outside those hours, ask staff; if there is none, you leave the secure area, smoke outside the terminal and clear security again.