Yes, you can smoke at Tenerife North Airport (TFN) — outside the terminal building, landside, where Spanish law permits smoking in the open air. The single terminal interior is smoke-free throughout, and Aena’s own airport-services listing names no smoking area after security, so smoke before you clear the checkpoint.
Tenerife North (Los Rodeos), near La Laguna on the island’s north side, runs from a single terminal; most international leisure and charter traffic instead uses Tenerife South.
Before Security (Landside)
Smoking is not allowed inside the terminal building. Spain’s tobacco law (Ley 28/2005, Article 7) exempts open-air spaces from the airport smoking ban, so smoke outside the terminal doors, before you clear security.
After Security (Airside)
Aena’s own airport-services listing names no smoking area anywhere in the terminal. Once you pass through the security checkpoint, the departure lounge, the gates, and the shops are all smoke-free.
The Nivaria VIP Lounge, on the first floor in the pre-boarding area, is a paid facility open to eligible business-class passengers, club-card holders, and anyone who pays the walk-up fee. It advertises an outdoor terrace. The Priority Pass listing for the lounge states no smoking, including vaping — there is no post-security smoking option at Tenerife North.
Connecting or delayed passengers who want to smoke have to exit the secure area, smoke landside, and re-clear security to get back to the gates, so budget time for that on a tight connection.
Arrivals
Arriving passengers follow the same rule: wait until you have collected your bags and stepped outside the arrivals hall before lighting up.
Vaping
Spain’s tobacco law extends the same rule to nicotine-releasing devices — e-cigarettes and vapes are subject to the same restrictions as tobacco under Ley 28/2005’s twelfth additional provision. At Tenerife North that means the open air outside the terminal, landside, since there is no airside vaping option either; e-cigarettes are not permitted inside the terminal or in the Nivaria VIP Lounge.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free throughout |
| After security / airside | No | Aena lists no post-security smoking area; the Nivaria VIP Lounge terrace is also non-smoking |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Open air outside the terminal, permitted under Ley 28/2005 |
| Vaping | Same as smoking | Outdoors landside only; not permitted inside or in the Nivaria Lounge |
Nearby, Tenerife South’s only post-security smoking option is the terrace inside its paid Montaña Roja lounge — the island’s international and charter flights mostly depart from there instead.
For Spain’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Spain airport guide.