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# Turks and Caicos Airport Smoking Areas

Smokers arriving in Turks and Caicos use the outdoor area outside the terminal at Providenciales International Airport (PLS), the territory’s main gateway. The terminal building itself is smoke-free.

For international travel to Turks and Caicos, Providenciales (PLS) is the airport that matters — it receives the great majority of the territory’s international flights.

## How Turks and Caicos Airport Smoking Works

The Tobacco Control Ordinance 2015 bans smoking in most indoor public places and workplaces in Turks and Caicos. Its 2017 Regulations then prescribe the categories of space the law allows for smoking:

- **Outdoor smoking** outside the terminal at Providenciales, landside
- **The airport lists no smoking facility inside the terminal or after security**
- The Regulations specifically name **airport smoking areas** as one of the exempt categories, alongside outdoor and in-store smoking areas
- **E-cigarettes** have no separate published rule — the terminal interior is smoke-free for vapes too

## Providenciales International Airport (PLS)

Turks and Caicos’ main gateway, listed by the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority as Howard Hamilton International Airport \[Providenciales\], with a single terminal building. [Providenciales’ smoking area](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/turks-and-caicos/pls-smoking-at-providenciales-airport/) is outside the terminal, landside; the airport lists no smoking facility inside the terminal or after security.

## Tips for Smokers at Turks and Caicos Airports

- Providenciales International is smoke-free inside — plan to smoke before check-in or accept a no-smoking connection
- The outdoor area is the option, regardless of destination
- E-cigarettes are not treated differently from tobacco at the terminal — use the same outdoor area
- The airport lists no smoking facility past the security checkpoint

## Turks and Caicos Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor \& After Security

| Airport | After security | Indoor room | Outdoor area |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Providenciales International Airport (PLS)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/turks-and-caicos/pls-smoking-at-providenciales-airport/) | – | – | Yes |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can you smoke at Providenciales International Airport (PLS)?

Yes — outdoors, landside, where Turks and Caicos law permits open-air smoking. The airport lists no smoking facility inside the terminal or after security, so smoke before you check in.

### What is Turks and Caicos' airport smoking law?

The Tobacco Control Ordinance 2015 bans smoking in most indoor public places and workplaces. Its 2017 Regulations then set out the categories of exempt spaces the law allows, including airport smoking areas alongside outdoor and in-store smoking areas.

### Are e-cigarettes and vapes allowed at Turks and Caicos airports?

The airport publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes. The airport lists no smoking facility inside the terminal or after security, so treat vaping the same as smoking — outdoors, landside.

### Where can I smoke at Providenciales Airport?

Outdoors, before the check-in hall. The airport has one terminal shared by every airline, so this is the option regardless of your destination.

### Do other Turks and Caicos airports have smoking areas?

The same Tobacco Control Ordinance and 2017 Regulations apply territory-wide, including at JAGS McCartney International on Grand Turk and the smaller inter-island airports. Providenciales International (PLS) receives the great majority of the territory’s international flights and is the airport nearly all visitors use.