Yes — you can smoke after security at four Portuguese airports: Lisbon (LIS) keeps indoor smoking rooms after security in Terminal 1, at Faro (FAO) travellers described a smoking room in the Gates B zone in August 2025, at Madeira (FNC) an open-air terrace after security in July 2025 and June 2026, and at Ponta Delgada (PDL) a smoking room close to Gate 2 in May 2025 and September 2026; Porto (OPO) lists no smoking area after security. Portuguese law names airports among its no-smoking places and lets them set outdoor smoking areas and reserved indoor rooms (Lei n.º 37/2007, articles 4 and 5), with no closing date for the rooms.
Portugal Airports Compared: Before and After Security
Before security, you can always smoke outside: at a designated smoking area where there is one, or outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, Yes means there is a smoking area past security and a dash means none is listed. Each airport’s page has the details.
| Airport | Before security | After security |
|---|---|---|
| Faro (FAO) | Yes | Yes |
| Funchal (FNC) | Yes | Yes |
| Lisbon (LIS) | Yes | Yes |
| Ponta Delgada (PDL) | Yes | Yes |
| Porto (OPO) | Yes | – |
For international travel through Portugal, Lisbon is the main gateway — the smoking rooms after security at Lisbon Airport (LIS) are in Terminal 1, near Gates S19–S21 and N45–N47, as travellers described them in November 2025 and September 2026. On the Algarve, Faro Airport’s Gates B zone has a smoking room travellers described in August 2025, above the shops in Mulligans Bar, and in the north Porto Airport lists no smoking area after security, so ask staff there before security. In the Atlantic islands, Madeira Airport has an open-air smoking terrace after security, described by travellers in July 2025 and June 2026, and at Ponta Delgada Airport (PDL) in the Azores travellers described a smoking room after security close to Gate 2, reachable only from Gate 2 and possibly Gates 1 and 3, in May 2025 and September 2026, plus a second room at baggage belt 3 on arrival; the airport lists neither, so ask staff.
How Portuguese Airport Smoking Works
Portuguese law names airports among the places where smoking is banned and then sets the two exceptions an airport may use (Lei n.º 37/2007, as amended by Lei n.º 5/2024):
- Outdoor areas: smoking is allowed in the open-air areas of an airport (article 5(3)); each airport decides where they are (article 5(11)); Faro and Porto allow smoking only in their designated areas and publish no location for them, and Madeira publishes no smoking rule at all, so ask staff
- Reserved indoor rooms: an airport may reserve a smoking space that is signed, shows its capacity, is fully closed off from the rest of the building, has its own extraction to the outside keeping it under negative pressure and offers no service, bar or restaurant included (article 5(5)), for adults only (article 5(6)); the technical rules (a ventilated antechamber, at least ten air changes an hour, six-monthly checks) are in Portaria n.º 154/2022, and the room sign reads “Local exclusivamente destinado ao ato de fumar ou vapear”. The law sets no closing date for these rooms. Lisbon keeps them after security in Terminal 1, travellers described one in Faro’s Gates B zone and one close to Gate 2 at Ponta Delgada, and Porto lists none
- E-cigarettes and heated tobacco: nicotine e-cigarettes and heated-tobacco products count as smoking (articles 2 and 4), so the same places apply; Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Madeira and Ponta Delgada publish no vaping rule for their terminals, so ask staff
- Fines: smoking where it is banned, or outside the outdoor areas and reserved rooms, is a light economic offence with a fine of €150 to €500 for a person (article 25 with Decreto-Lei n.º 9/2021, article 18); an airport that runs a non-compliant room or lacks the signs faces a serious offence, from €650 for a person to €24,000 for a large company
The Hub
Lisbon Airport (LIS / Humberto Delgado). Portugal’s main gateway and TAP Air Portugal’s hub, close to the city centre. Terminal 1 has after-security smoking rooms that travellers described near Gates S19–S21 and N45–N47 in November 2025 and September 2026, plus a smoking area in the ANA Lounge (after security in Terminal 1, 04:00–23:00, paid access). In Terminal 2, the low-cost departures terminal, travellers described a large smoking room right after security in February 2024; ANA lists none there, so ask staff.
Tips for Smokers at Portuguese Airports
- Lisbon Terminal 1 has after-security smoking rooms — you can smoke during a layover without leaving airside
- Flying Ryanair, Wizz or another low-cost carrier from Terminal 2? Ask staff about the smoking room travellers described right after its security in February 2024, or smoke before you go
- At Ponta Delgada, the smoking room travellers described is reached from Gate 2 (and possibly Gates 1 and 3) only, so check your gate before you count on it
- Faro’s smoking room is in the Non-Schengen Gates B zone, above the shops in Mulligans Bar; Schengen departures from Gates A have none after security, so ask staff before security
- Porto lists no smoking area, inside or after security: ask staff before security for the nearest designated area
- Flying via Madeira? The airport publishes no hours for the airside terrace travellers describe; in April 2017 it was described as open around the clock, so ask staff before a late connection