Poland Airport Smoking Areas

Poland keeps its main airports comfortable for smokers: Warsaw Chopin has enclosed indoor smoking booths after security on both the Schengen and non-Schengen sides, and Kraków has an enclosed indoor smoking room in each of its airside areas. Landside, both keep designated outdoor areas outside the terminal. The country regulates vaping and heated tobacco like cigarettes, so the same designated-area rule applies to all of them.

For international travel through Poland, Warsaw Chopin (WAW) is the primary hub and Kraków (KRK) the second-busiest airport; Gdańsk (GDN), Katowice (KTW), Wrocław (WRO) and Poznań (POZ) round out the country’s busiest regional gateways. Katowice, Wrocław and Poznań each have a confirmed airside smoking cabin; Gdańsk’s reported cabin is unconfirmed, so smoking there is verified only landside, outdoors.

How Polish Airport Smoking Works

Poland restricts indoor smoking in public places and allows designated smoking rooms:

• Enclosed indoor smoking booths after security at Warsaw Chopin, on the Schengen and non-Schengen concourses
• Enclosed indoor smoking rooms after security at Kraków, one in each airside area
• A heated-tobacco/IQOS lounge near Gate 33 at Warsaw (travellers report it works mainly as a sales point)
• A confirmed enclosed airside smoking cabin in Katowice’s Terminal B (Schengen departures), Wrocław’s non-Schengen departures area, and Poznań’s Schengen departure hall
• At Gdańsk, only landside outdoor smoking is confirmed — a reported airside cabin isn’t independently verified
• E-cigarettes are regulated like cigarettes under a 2016 law amendment — use the booths or outdoor areas only
• Landside, smoking is outdoors, outside the terminal building, where Polish law permits it

The Main Airports

Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW). Poland’s main gateway and the LOT Polish Airlines hub, in the Włochy district of Warsaw. It has a single Terminal A serving both Schengen and non-Schengen flights. Travellers report enclosed glass smoking booths near Gates 23 and 33 (Schengen) and near Gate 1N (non-Schengen), plus the IQOS lounge near Gate 33. Landside, the branded JTI smoking lounge sits in the Departures (check-in) hall next to the Relay newsagent and keeps daytime hours, with designated outdoor areas outside the entrances. The old Gate 43 booth has closed and is being converted to retail, so don’t rely on it.

Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK). Poland’s second-busiest airport and the gateway to the south, running a single terminal for both Schengen and non-Schengen flights. Each airside area has its own enclosed smoking room (palarnia) on Floor +1 — the Schengen one opposite Gate 1, with an IQOS cubicle alongside, and the non-Schengen one entered through the Sky Lounge restaurant in the corridor to Gates 19–24. Landside, a designated outdoor area sits in front of the terminal.

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN). The main gateway to the north, from a single terminal split into Schengen and non-Schengen zones after security. Smoking is confirmed only outdoors, landside; a single 2025 traveller report describes an airside cabin in the Schengen departures hall, unconfirmed since. See the smoking areas at Gdańsk Airport.

Katowice Airport (KTW). Serving the Silesian region from Pyrzowice, spread across Terminal A (non-Schengen departures), Terminal B (Schengen departures) and Terminal C (arrivals). Terminal B has a confirmed enclosed smoking cabin near Gate 25; a single dated report also describes one in Terminal C’s arrivals area, unconfirmed since. See the smoking areas at Katowice Airport.

Wrocław Copernicus Airport (WRO). Serves Lower Silesia from a single terminal, with a confirmed enclosed smoking cabin behind the Gate Bar near gates 1/2 in the non-Schengen departures area, plus a smoking room inside the Executive Lounge. See the smoking areas at Wrocław Airport.

Poznań Ławica Airport (POZ). Serves Greater Poland from a single terminal; the airport’s own site confirms smoking cabins in the Schengen departure hall, plus three marked outdoor spots outside the terminal entrances. See the smoking areas at Poznań Airport.

Tips for Smokers at Polish Airports

• Warsaw Chopin, Kraków, Katowice, Wrocław and Poznań all have a confirmed airside smoking room — you don’t need to exit security to smoke
• Gdańsk is the exception: only landside outdoor smoking is confirmed there, so plan to smoke before you clear security
• At Warsaw, the non-Schengen booth is near Gate 1N and the Schengen booths are near Gates 23 and 33
• At Kraków, the Schengen room is opposite Gate 1 and the non-Schengen one is through the Sky Lounge restaurant
• Don’t count on the IQOS lounge for loose vaping — use the glass booths for cigarettes
• E-cigarettes follow the same rules as cigarettes under Poland’s 2016 law amendment — designated areas only

Poland Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security