Yes, you can smoke at Moi International Airport (MBA). Use the designated outdoor areas landside, outside the terminal buildings, before you clear security; the terminal interiors are smoke-free.
Mombasa’s Moi International is Kenya’s second-busiest airport, operating through Terminal 1 (international), Terminal 2 (domestic) and a separate general-aviation terminal.
Landside — Outside the Terminals
Smoke at the designated outdoor areas outside Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Kenya’s Tobacco Control Act 2007 (Section 33) expressly allows designated smoking areas at airports and transport terminals, and Kenya Airports Authority — which also operates Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International, where the Burgundy Lounge and marked outdoor areas serve the same purpose — provides designated outdoor smoking areas landside across its network. Moi International’s own facility page is currently unavailable on the Kenya Airports Authority site, so the precise location at each terminal is not officially confirmed; ask ground staff or the information desk on the day.
After Security
Neither terminal publishes an airside smoking room. Terminal 1 has three airside lounges reachable on Priority Pass or DragonPass after passport control — Safari Comfort, Safari VIP and the runway-view Bosphorus Lounge — and Priority Pass’s own facility list for the Bosphorus Lounge does not name a smoking area among its amenities; a social-media post from the lounge’s on-site café separately advertises an outdoor smoking spot at the venue, a claim this page cannot independently confirm. Smoke at the outdoor landside areas before joining the security queue.
Vaping and E-Cigarettes
Vape at the same outdoor landside areas as cigarettes. Kenya’s Tobacco Control Act does not separately address e-cigarettes, and MBA publishes no vaping-specific rule.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal 1 (international) interior | No | Smoke-free; no confirmed indoor room |
| Terminal 2 (domestic) interior | No | Smoke-free; no confirmed indoor room |
| Outdoor areas (landside) | Yes | Designated areas outside the terminal buildings, before security |
| Airside (after security) | No | No facility published for either terminal |
| Vaping | Same outdoor areas | No vaping-specific rule published |
For Kenya’s airport smoking rules, vaping rules and other Kenyan airports, see our Kenya airport guide.