Yes — you can smoke after security at Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS): the departure lounges near Gate 1 keep indoor smoking rooms, and you can also step outside the terminal to smoke landside before you go through security.
Blaise Diagne International opened in December 2017 near Diass, about 45 km east of central Dakar, replacing the old Léopold Sédar Senghor airport as Senegal’s main gateway and the hub for Air Senegal. It is a modern single-terminal airport, and several of its airside lounges maintain dedicated smoking rooms.
Smoking Areas After Security
The sanctioned indoor smoking at DSS is inside the departure lounges on the airside boarding level, clustered near Gate 1:
- Odyssée Lounge — airside on the departure level near Gate 1, with a separate enclosed smoking room. Open to lounge-membership cardholders and paid walk-in guests.
- Salon Infinite — a lounge near Gate 1 that also has a smoking room, with a pay-at-the-door option for non-members.
- Salon Ultimate — the airport’s own website describes this as a smoking lounge (salon fumeur). Entry is a walk-in fee of around 35,000 FCFA (about €54) or free for lounge-membership and eligible bank cardholders.
Because the smoking rooms sit inside these lounges, you need lounge access — a lounge-membership card or the walk-in charge — to use one. Once you are inside, you can smoke without leaving airside or re-clearing security, which makes a long layover far easier.
Landside and Before Security
If you are not buying lounge access, you can smoke in the open air outside the terminal building — on arrival before you check in, or after you collect your bags. There is no separately marked outdoor smoking area, so stand clear of the doorways and air intakes. Finish your cigarette outside before you pass through security if you do not plan to use a lounge.
Vaping
Senegal permits the sale of e-cigarettes with some restrictions, there is no national vape ban, and the airport publishes no separate vaping rule; there is no dedicated vaping room at DSS. You can vape in the open air outside the terminal before security. Whether the lounge smoking rooms admit e-cigarettes is not confirmed, so ask lounge staff before using one. Senegal’s 2014 anti-tobacco law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces except in designated areas, which is what the lounge smoking rooms provide.
Summary table
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Departure lounges (airside) | Yes | Smoking rooms in the Odyssée, Infinite and Ultimate lounges near Gate 1; lounge access required |
| Main terminal / concourse | No | Smoke-free outside the lounge smoking rooms |
| Outdoor landside | Yes | Open air outside the terminal building, before security |
| Vaping | Yes outdoors; rooms not confirmed | Open air outside the terminal before security; ask lounge staff about the smoking rooms |
For Senegal’s national tobacco law and vaping rules, see our Senegal airport smoking guide.