Yes, you can smoke at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) after security, in the smoking boxes the airport’s maps mark: in Terminal 1, three on the first floor (in the B gate satellite, in the A and B gate satellite and at the far end of the A gates), a fourth first-floor box in the B gate area and one on the ground floor in the B gate area, both of which the airport’s online map places after security; in Terminal 2, two on the first floor, by gate 8 and by gates 12 to 15. The airport publishes no hours for the boxes, so ask staff if one is closed, and marks no smoking area outside either terminal; ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside, and if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. Italian law lets a terminal keep a smoking room that meets its ventilation rules (Legge 16 gennaio 2003, n. 3, article 51).
Flying from Milan’s other airports? Milan Linate Airport has a smoking box after security, and Milan Bergamo Airport has four smoking areas after security.
Terminal 1
The airport’s 2025 charter map marks three smoking boxes on the first floor of Terminal 1, after security: one in the B gate satellite, one in the satellite shared by the A and B gates and one at the far end of the A gate pier; the airport’s online map adds a fourth first-floor box, which it labels boarding area B, and places the ground-floor box, labelled boarding area B as well, after security. The maps print no gate numbers beside them, so ask staff for the nearest one from your gate; travellers described a small room through the duty-free shop before gates A24 to A30 in October 2024, a smoking lounge in the gates B50 to B59 area in March 2024, a room on the lower level by the escalator towards gates B26 to B34 in May 2023 and a room under the escalator near gate A72 in October 2022. The Montale lounge, on the first floor after passport control in the non-Schengen B gate area (06:00 to 22:00, boarding pass and paid entry), lists a smoking area of its own.
Terminal 2
The airport’s map marks two smoking boxes on the first floor of Terminal 2, after security: one by gate 8 and one by gates 12 to 15. Terminal 2 is easyJet’s base at Malpensa; the airport publishes no hours for the boxes, so ask staff if one is closed.
Before security
The airport’s map marks no smoking area outside either terminal, at the P1 car park or at the shuttle-bus stops between the terminals. Ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.
Vaping
The airport publishes no vaping rule for Malpensa, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal 1, first floor, after security | Yes | Four smoking boxes on the airport’s maps: B gate satellite, A and B gate satellite, far end of the A gates, B gate area; no hours published, ask staff |
| Terminal 1, ground floor, B gate area, after security | Yes | A smoking box the airport’s online map places after security |
| Terminal 2, first floor, after security | Yes | Two smoking boxes on the airport’s map, by gate 8 and by gates 12 to 15 |
| Before security, outside both terminals | Ask staff | The map marks no smoking area; outside the airport property if there is none |
| Vaping | Ask staff | The airport publishes no rule for Malpensa |
For Italy’s airport smoking law, fines and the rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, see our Italy airport guide.