Yes, you can smoke at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) after security, at the one smoking point the airport’s map marks, on the first floor, the floor of the central security checkpoint, at the Terminal B end of the terminal past the waiting area for gates B1 to B3 and the Little Slovenia shop; the airport’s regulations of October 2026 list a smoking room among that floor’s facilities and allow smoking, e-cigarettes included, only in the defined and marked smoking areas airside. Slovenia’s law ended the smoking-room exception for enclosed public places on 31 December 2025, so ask staff whether the room is open before you rely on it. The airport names no smoking place outside the terminal; ask staff for the nearest and, if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. Slovenia’s law bans smoking and the use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in every enclosed public place (Zakon o omejevanju uporabe tobačnih in povezanih izdelkov, ZOUTPI, article 39).
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After security: the first-floor smoking point
The airport’s map marks one smoking point, on the first floor at the Terminal B end of the terminal, past the waiting area for gates B1 to B3 and the Little Slovenia shop; it marks none on the Terminal A side and none on the ground floor. The airport user regulations valid from 1 October 2026 list a smoking room among the first floor’s facilities, beside the central security checkpoint, the shops, the business lounge and the cafés, and allow smoking, e-cigarettes included, airside only in the defined and marked smoking areas. Travellers described a glass smoking booth opposite gate B1 in September 2023, and a small smoking booth in Terminal A between gates A2 and A3 in November 2025, where the map marks no point. Slovenia’s law ended the smoking-room exception for enclosed public places on 31 December 2025, and the airport’s regulations of October 2026 still list the room, so ask staff whether it is open. The airport publishes no hours for it.
Business Lounge
The Business Lounge, after security on the right beside the exit of the YOU ARE HERE shop (05:00 to 21:00 daily, hours that vary with the flight schedule), has a terrace overlooking the airport and lists no smoking facility; travellers described smoking on its terrace in December 2023, so ask the lounge staff. The airport publishes no walk-in price.
Before security
The airport’s regulations ban smoking in every building on the landside except in designated smoking areas, and the airport names none, inside or outside the terminal. Ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.
Vaping
The airport’s regulations treat e-cigarettes like smoking: airside only in the marked smoking areas, and in landside buildings only in designated smoking areas, of which the airport names none. They name no rule for heated tobacco, so ask staff; Slovenia’s rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco is in our Slovenia guide below.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| First floor, Terminal B end past the gates B1 to B3 waiting area (after security) | Yes | The one smoking point on the airport’s map, the smoking room its October 2026 regulations list; the law’s smoking-room exception ended on 31 December 2025, no hours published, ask staff whether it is open |
| Terminal A side (after security) | Ask staff | The map marks no smoking point; travellers described a small booth between gates A2 and A3 in November 2025 |
| Business Lounge terrace (after security) | Ask the lounge staff | The lounge lists no smoking facility; travellers described smoking there in December 2023 |
| Before security, outside the terminal | Ask staff | The airport names no smoking place; outside the airport property if there is none |
| Inside the terminal, elsewhere | No | Smoking and e-cigarettes banned |
| Vaping | Marked smoking areas only | The airport’s regulations treat e-cigarettes like smoking |
For Slovenia’s smoking law, the fines and the rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco at its airports, see our Slovenia airport guide.