Yes, you can smoke at Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) — at designated outdoor areas outside the terminals, plus a semi-outdoor smoking rest area airside in international departures (Terminal 1), near Gate 4R and past immigration. Important: e-cigarettes and vapes are completely illegal in Taiwan — do not bring one into the airport.
Taipei Songshan Airport is the compact downtown city airport, sitting inside Taipei near the Songshan district and handling roughly 5.4 million passengers a year. Terminal 1 runs the short-haul international “city shuttle” flights — Tokyo Haneda, Seoul Gimpo and Shanghai Hongqiao — while Terminal 2 handles domestic services to Kinmen, Penghu and Taitung. Because the site is small and land-constrained, smoking options are limited, so plan where you will light up before you clear security.
International Departures (Terminal 1)
Once you have passed immigration into the Terminal 1 international departures airside area, there is a semi-outdoor smoking rest area near Gate 4R. Travellers report it as an open-air “rest area” (戶外休息區) tucked beside the prayer room, which can make the entrance easy to miss, so look for it once you are through and ask staff for the “smoking area” if signage is unclear. This is the only place to smoke without re-clearing security, and it serves international departing passengers.
Treat the exact gate reference as a guide rather than a fixed marker — layouts near the duty-free shops have been reworked over time, so follow the airside signage once you are past immigration.
Landside and Domestic Terminal (Terminal 2)
Landside, smoking at TSA is only allowed at the designated outdoor areas outside the terminal buildings. Step out through the terminal doors and use a marked outdoor spot near the entrances; there are outdoor areas by the domestic terminal (Terminal 2) as well. Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside the public landside halls of either terminal.
Domestic passengers flying from Terminal 2 should smoke at these outdoor areas before going through security, as the domestic secure zone has no smoking facility of its own. If you are on a tight connection, factor in the walk back out and the re-screening time.
Vaping — IMPORTANT
E-cigarettes and vapes are fully illegal throughout Taiwan. Since 22 March 2023, under the amended Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, the use, sale, import and possession of vapes are all banned nationwide — there is no legal way to use one anywhere at the airport, indoors or outdoors.
- Vape devices are confiscated at the airport.
- Transit and arriving passengers carrying a vape must declare it at the Red Lane on arrival for bonded storage rather than keeping it on them.
Heated-tobacco devices (such as IQOS) are not a safe assumption either: only a small number of officially approved products became legal in late 2025 and the market remains unsettled, so do not assume any device is legal.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| International departures airside (Terminal 1) | Yes | Semi-outdoor rest area near Gate 4R, past immigration |
| Indoor terminal halls | No | Smoke-free throughout both terminals |
| Outdoor landside | Yes | Designated areas outside the terminals, incl. domestic (T2) |
| Vaping / e-cigarettes | No | Illegal nationwide — confiscation on the spot |
For Taiwan’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Taiwan airport guide.
Travellers comparing the two Taipei airports should note that Taipei Taoyuan’s smoking rooms are fully enclosed indoor rooms after security in both terminals, a step up from Songshan’s single semi-outdoor airside spot.