Smoking at Senegal Airports (DSS)

Senegal’s modern main airport is friendlier to smokers than most of West Africa: Dakar’s Blaise Diagne International keeps indoor smoking rooms inside its airside departure lounges near Gate 1, and the airport’s own website markets the Salon Ultimate as a smoking lounge. Outside the building, you can smoke in the open air landside before security.

For international travel through Senegal, Dakar (DSS) is the airport that matters, as Air Senegal’s hub.

How Senegalese Airport Smoking Works

Senegal’s 2014 tobacco law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces except in designated areas, and Blaise Diagne uses that carve-out through its lounges:

Airside lounge smoking rooms near Gate 1 — the Odyssée Lounge, Salon Infinite and Salon Ultimate all offer one; lounge access required (Priority Pass, LoungeKey, eligible premium tickets, or a walk-in fee)
Open-air landside smoking outside the terminal before security — no separately marked area, so stand clear of the doors
No free public smoking room in the open airside concourse — the lounge rooms are the after-security option
E-cigarettes: sale is permitted with restrictions; treat vaping like smoking

The Hub

Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS). Senegal’s modern gateway (opened December 2017) near Diass, Air Senegal’s hub, replacing the old Léopold Sédar Senghor airport. The airside smoking rooms cluster in the departure lounges near Gate 1, with the Salon Ultimate described by the airport itself as a smoking lounge (walk-in around 35,000 FCFA or free with Priority Pass, LoungeKey and eligible cards). Transit passengers with lounge access can smoke without leaving airside; everyone else smokes in the open air outside the terminal before security.

Tips for Smokers at Senegalese Airports

Buy or bring lounge access if you want to smoke after security — the rooms sit inside the Gate 1 lounges
Without lounge access, finish your cigarette in the open air outside the terminal before you clear security
The airport’s own site lists the Ultimate lounge as a smoking lounge — the clearest official confirmation
Vaping follows the same pattern: lounge rooms airside or the open air landside

Senegal Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security

Airport	After security	Indoor room	Outdoor area
Smoking at Dakar Airport – DSS	Yes	Yes	Yes

Last updated: July 10, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you smoke at Dakar Airport (DSS)?

Yes — the airside departure lounges near Gate 1 (Odyssée, Salon Infinite and Salon Ultimate) have indoor smoking rooms, and you can smoke in the open air outside the terminal landside before security. The airport’s own website lists the Ultimate lounge as a smoking lounge.

Is there smoking after security at Dakar Airport?

Yes — several airside lounges on the departure level near Gate 1 have enclosed smoking rooms. Access needs a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card, an eligible premium ticket, or a walk-in fee; there is no free public smoking room in the open concourse.

Are e-cigarettes and vapes allowed at Senegalese airports?

Senegal permits e-cigarette sale with some restrictions, and there is no national vape ban. Treat vaping like smoking at the airport — use the lounge smoking rooms airside or the open air outside the terminal, not the concourse.

Where can I smoke at Dakar Airport?

Airside, in the smoking rooms inside the Odyssée, Infinite and Ultimate lounges near Gate 1. Landside, in the open air outside the terminal building before security; there is no separately marked outdoor area, so keep clear of the doorways.

Does Senegal allow airport smoking rooms?

Yes — Senegal’s 2014 tobacco law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces except in designated areas, and Dakar Blaise Diagne’s lounge smoking rooms operate under exactly that carve-out.