Does Atlanta airport have smoking rooms?

(WTOC) - Starting Thursday, Jan. 2, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a smoke-free environment. Atlanta City Council passed an ordinance that has prohibited smoking and vaping inside the airport. All smoking rooms inside the airport are now closed.



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U.S. airports that still allow indoor smoking include Washington Dulles Airport (based in Philip Morris' home state of Virginia), McCarran Las Vegas, Memphis, Nashville, Cincinnati-Northern KY; and Biloxi.

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You can usually smoke after you pass through airport security. Most airports have some sort of designated smoking areas or smoking rooms after the security checkpoint, where passengers are allowed to smoke. The airport smoking rooms can be fully enclosed spaces or even spaces that are partially outside.

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That being said, smoking is allowed outside pre and post-security. You can smoke outside the terminals before you go through security, and after the TSA checkpoints, you will have access to a smoking patio located outside each of the terminals.

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If you wish to vape or smoke cigarettes, you must visit one of the 10 designated outdoor smoking areas. These areas are clearly marked with signage on the ground and the columns. They can be found on all levels of Terminal 1 and 3.

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Can I vape in the airport before I fly? In most cases, once you have entered the terminal you will not be able to vape or smoke until you have reached your destination and found a designated area to do so. While there are smoking and vaping areas in many airports they are commonly outside of the terminal.

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SMOKING IN AIRPORTS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD. Good news: Today most U.S. airports are 100% smokefree indoors for the health and safety of passengers and employees. But at a handful, passengers are still greeted by noxious secondhand smoke.

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Pilots can and sometimes do smoke in the cockpits of business jets. These can be as large as airliners (see BBJ), but usually aren't. Even when a country and/or airline ban smoking in the flight deck, some pilots will ignore the ban and still light up. This was quite common with Asian carriers in the past.

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The airport check-in time varies depending on the airline and the airport, but as a general rule, you should arrive at least two hours before your scheduled departure time. This will give you enough time to check in, go through security, and get to your gate.

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