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# Smoking at Senai International Airport – JHB

Yes, you can smoke at Senai International Airport (JHB) — travellers described a designated smoking room in the departure hall, on the terminal’s first floor, in February 2026, and another traveller described a smoking room at the airport in March 2025 without naming its exact spot. The airport’s own facilities pages do not publish a smoking-area map, so this room is the one to look for once you are inside.

Senai serves Johor Bahru and southern Johor state, just across the causeway from Singapore, and handled around 3.4 million passengers in 2024 through a single compact passenger terminal.

## The Departure Hall Smoking Room

Travellers described a designated smoking room in the departure hall, on the first floor, at Senai in February 2026, and another traveller described a smoking room at the airport in March 2025 without naming the exact spot. Neither Senai’s own website nor its published FAQ pages list a smoking facility, so start looking in the departure hall, and ask airline ground staff or the information desk if you cannot spot it once you are inside.

Check-in counters, security screening, immigration and the boarding gates all sit on the terminal’s first floor, and neither traveller says whether the room sits before or after the checkpoint. Ask ground staff for its exact position once you are inside.

## Vaping

Vaping follows the same rule as smoking at Senai: Malaysia’s Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852\) treats e-cigarettes the same as cigarettes, so vapes belong in the departure-hall smoking room and nowhere else in the terminal.

## Summary

| Area | Smoking | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Departure hall (first floor) | Yes | Smoking room described by travellers in Feb 2026 and Mar 2025; before/after security not stated |
| Outdoor forecourt | – | No designated outdoor smoking area listed or described |
| Vaping | Yes | Same departure-hall smoking room as cigarettes, under Act 852 |

Travellers comparing Johor Bahru with other Malaysian airports can look at [the airside smoking room near Gate A6 at Penang International Airport](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/malaysia/pen-smoking-at-penang-airport/), which sits clearly past security and immigration.

For Malaysia’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our [Malaysia airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/malaysia/).

## Useful Links

[Senai International Airport (official)](https://www.senaiairport.com/)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can you smoke at Senai International Airport (JHB)?

Yes — travellers described a designated smoking room in the departure hall on the terminal’s first floor in February 2026, and another traveller described a smoking room at the airport in March 2025 without naming its exact spot. Senai’s own published facilities pages do not name a smoking area, so follow terminal signage or ask airport staff once you are in the departure hall.

### Can I smoke inside the terminal at Senai Airport?

Yes — the smoking room that travellers described in February 2026 is inside the terminal, in the departure hall on the first floor. Neither the airport nor travellers describe a separate outdoor smoking area at Senai, so this indoor room is the option.

### Is there a smoking area after security at Senai Airport?

Neither the February 2026 nor the March 2025 traveller says whether the room sits before or after the checkpoint — check-in, security screening and the gates all share the same first floor at this compact single-terminal airport. Ask ground staff for the room’s exact position once you are checked in.

### Where exactly is the smoking room at Senai Airport?

Inside the departure hall, on the first floor — the same level as check-in, security and the boarding gates. Travellers placed it there in February 2026; another traveller described a smoking room at the airport in March 2025 without giving a precise spot.

### Does Senai Airport have an outdoor smoking area?

The departure-hall smoking room is the one smoking option travellers describe at Senai Airport; neither the airport’s own site nor the travellers describe a separate outdoor smoking spot, so plan around the indoor room rather than stepping outside to smoke.

### Can I vape at Senai Airport?

Yes — Malaysia’s Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852\) treats vaping the same as cigarette smoking, so e-cigarettes belong in the same departure-hall smoking room, not elsewhere in the terminal.
