Yes, you can smoke at Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) — outdoors, landside, before check-in or security, under Morocco’s Law 15-91 (1995), which restricts smoking in certain places and does not reach the open air. A traveller also described a small smoking cabin near Gate 10 in the departures concourse in December 2024; the airport does not list it, so treat it as a bonus rather than a guarantee.
TNG is Tangier’s single-terminal airport, about 12 km southwest of the city centre, handling roughly 1.5 million passengers a year.
Landside, Before Security
Smoking is permitted outside the terminal building, landside, before check-in or the security checkpoint — under Morocco’s Law 15-91, which does not restrict smoking in the open air. It’s also the first option on arrival.
After Security
A traveller described a small smoking cabin near Gate 10 in the departures concourse in December 2024 — built to hold three people and, according to the same report, often accommodating five or six. The same traveller said the smoking room that had previously existed inside the Pearl Lounge closed around the same time, effectively replaced by the Gate 10 cabin. The lounge has since been rebranded Aspire Lounge and lists no smoking room among its amenities. The airport does not list the Gate 10 cabin either, so if you cannot find it, ask a member of terminal staff; the landside area remains the option to plan on.
Vaping
TNG publishes no separate e-cigarette rule, and Morocco’s Law 15-91 predates vaping and does not mention it. Vape at the outdoor landside area; the traveller who described the Gate 10 smoking cabin in December 2024 said nothing about vaping there, so ask staff before vaping in it.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Outdoor landside | Yes | Before check-in or security, under Law 15-91 |
| After security (Gate 10 cabin) | Described by a traveller | December 2024; small cabin, capacity 3 (often 5–6); not listed by the airport |
| Pearl Lounge (now Aspire Lounge) | No | A traveller said its smoking room closed around December 2024; the lounge lists no smoking room today |
| Terminal interior | Not listed | The airport lists no indoor smoking facility; the Gate 10 cabin is a traveller’s description |
| Vaping | Same as smoking | No separate airport rule; Morocco’s 1995 law does not address e-cigarettes |
For Morocco’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Morocco airport smoking guide.