Yes, you can smoke at Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) — in the smoking area of the boarding lounge, immediately after the security checkpoint. Outside the terminal building, landside, Italian law also permits smoking in the open air.
Lamezia Terme is Calabria’s main airport, run by SACAL (Società Aeroportuale Calabrese), which also operates Reggio Calabria and Crotone, and it handled around 2.7 million passengers in 2024.
After Security (Airside)
Lamezia Terme keeps a smoking area airside, which is good news for connecting passengers who don’t want to leave the secure zone. SACAL’s own service-charter guides — published for 2023, 2024 and 2025 alike — describe the same facility consistently: “the boarding lounge has a smoking area, which is located immediately after security checks.” Satisfaction with the area has been consistently high in SACAL’s passenger surveys, running from 91% in 2022 to 97.3% in 2024.
Before Security (Landside)
Before you check in, smoking is outside the terminal building, landside — Italy’s national ban applies only to enclosed spaces, so the open air outside the doors is where you can light up. This is also the option for arriving passengers, once they are outside the building.
Vaping
Lamezia Terme has published no separate rule for e-cigarettes or heated-tobacco devices, so vaping follows the same practice as smoking: the airside smoking area in the boarding lounge, or the open air outside the terminal, landside. Do not vape in the open terminal, at the gates, or in the restrooms.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Enclosed public spaces are smoke-free under Italy’s 2003 Sirchia Law |
| After security / airside | Yes | Smoking area in the boarding lounge, immediately after the checkpoint |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Open air outside the terminal building, permitted under Italian law |
| Vaping | Same as smoking | Airside smoking area, or outdoor landside |
For Italy’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Italy airport guide.