Yes, you can smoke at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) in the designated zones outside the terminal buildings — the spots the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) names in its own passenger FAQ as where smoking happens at its airports. The terminal interiors are smoke-free, and the same arrangement applies on the international and domestic sides.
Murtala Muhammed International is Nigeria’s busiest airport and the main gateway to West Africa. It splits into the international terminal (MMA1) and the domestic terminal complex (MMA2), and both work the same way for a smoker: outside the building, in a marked zone.
Where to Smoke
FAAN’s passenger FAQ answers the question directly: you can smoke outside the terminal buildings in the designated zones, and there is no smoking once you have passed through security. That applies across FAAN’s airports, Lagos included, so the practical plan at MMA1 is to finish your cigarette in the marked outdoor zone before you join the screening queue.
Step clear of the entrance doors and use the signed spot rather than the kerb immediately outside the terminal, where arriving and departing traffic is heaviest. On the domestic side (MMA2) the drill is identical — the outdoor zones landside, before security.
The airside lounges at Lagos are not an alternative. None of the airport’s airside lounges — the Skyway Premium Lounge, SDS Lounge and Oasis Lounge in the international terminal, the Gabfol Lounge and Lounge One in the domestic terminal — includes a smoking room in its access conditions, and Oasis and Lounge One state no smoking, vaping included, outright. Once you are through security at Lagos, a cigarette means exiting and re-clearing screening.
Vaping
Vaping goes where smoking goes at Lagos: the designated zones outside the terminal buildings. FAAN’s passenger FAQ puts e-cigarettes under the same restrictions as cigarettes at its airports and confines them to those outdoor zones, so the terminal interiors are vape-free. Never vape onboard the aircraft.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Designated outdoor zones (landside) | Yes | Outside the terminal buildings, both MMA1 and MMA2 |
| Terminal interiors / concourses | No | Smoke-free under FAAN |
| After security | No | FAAN’s FAQ: no smoking past the checkpoint; exit and re-screen |
| Lounges (airside) | No | No Lagos lounge lists a smoking room; Oasis and Lounge One are explicitly no-smoking |
| Vaping / e-cigarettes | Same as smoking | Designated outdoor zones only |
For Nigeria’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Nigeria airport guide.