Yes, you can smoke at Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) after security, in the smoking area the airport lists in the departure zone immediately after the security checks, which its 2026 map places on the main floor beside the stairs and lifts, with gate 6 the nearest gate. The airport publishes no hours for it, so ask staff if it is closed, and lists no smoking area outside the 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).
After security: the departure-zone smoking area
The airport lists one smoking area, in the departure zone immediately after the security checks, and says in its 2026 guide that it renovated the area recently; the guide’s main-floor map places it beside the stairs and lifts just past security, with gate 6 the nearest gate, and marks none on the upper or lower floors. Travellers described it in October 2022 as a door signed for smokers about 30 metres along the corridor from security on the right, by the toilets, opening onto an open-air terrace with railings and an ashtray; the airport calls it a smoking area, does not say whether it is enclosed and does not say what the renovation changed, so ask staff. It publishes no hours. The airport says work on a new departures terminal starts in 2026 and does not say the smoking area moves.
Before security
The airport lists no smoking area before security or outside the terminal. Ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside the building; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.
Vaping
The airport publishes no vaping rule for Lamezia Terme, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Departure zone, immediately after security, main floor | Yes | The smoking area on the airport’s 2026 map, by the stairs and lifts near gate 6; no hours published, ask staff |
| Before security, outside the terminal | Ask staff | The airport lists no smoking area; outside the airport property if there is none |
| Vaping | Ask staff | The airport publishes no rule for Lamezia Terme |
For Italy’s airport smoking law, fines and the rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, see our Italy airport guide.