easyJet: vapes, lighters and cigarettes on board

easyJet makes you confirm its dangerous-goods list at online check-in. It sorts items into three groups: forbidden anywhere on the aircraft, forbidden in hold luggage, forbidden in cabin baggage. Matches and lighters are in the first group, and electronic cigarettes and vaping devices, power banks and spare lithium batteries are in the second.

Electronic cigarettes and vaping devices are forbidden in hold luggage. The page adds that all of them must be completely switched off at all times and that recharging them is strictly prohibited. Lithium batteries for vaping devices, cameras, laptops, phones and power banks must stay in cabin luggage, and easyJet allows a maximum of two spare batteries per person.

The two-battery cap is the part to plan for: a vape with several swappable batteries can exceed it. A news report of easyJet's notice of 5 August 2026, published by MICE Travel Advisor on 25 August 2026, also quotes the airline saying vapes must be protected against accidental activation. Regulator rules and liquids are in our guide to vapes on planes.

The check-in page says you may carry a maximum of two power banks per person, in your cabin bag only. Power banks must not be recharged or used to charge other devices while on board. MICE Travel Advisor reports the same notice as accepting up to 160 Wh subject to conditions; the check-in page itself gives no watt-hour figure. The UK Civil Aviation Authority says 100 Wh to 160 Wh needs airline approval and more than 160 Wh is banned from passenger baggage.

The check-in page lists "Matches & lighters" under items forbidden anywhere on the aircraft and gives no exception. A report by Yahoo News of 11 April 2024 says something different: that easyJet permits lighters on board if kept in your pocket, and prohibits matches. easyJet's own check-in page gives no pocket exception, so the two do not agree.

Matches are out on both readings. If you need a lighter at the destination, ask easyJet before you fly or leave it at home; the general international rule is in our lighter guide.

The check-in page does not discuss smoking, but the CAA says smoking and vaping are prohibited on all UK airlines, and article 243(3) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 says a person must not smoke in a compartment of a UK-registered aircraft while a notice from the pilot in command prohibits it. The article states no penalty and easyJet publishes no tariff, so we give no amount.

The CAA's wider warning on disruptive behaviour is that passengers can face arrest, heavy fines, up to two years in prison, the cost of any diversion and a permanent ban from the airline. Whether vaping alone is a criminal offence in the UK is not confirmed.

Cigarettes and tobacco are not on the easyJet list, and there is no aviation cap. Customs at the arrival airport set the limit, and it differs for arrivals from inside and outside the EU.

• United Kingdom: the home market, with its allowances and vape rules.
• Spain: tobacco and vape rules.
• Italy: tobacco limits and the airports list.
• Portugal: tobacco limits and the airports list.

Smoking inside UK airport terminals is not allowed, so a last cigarette means an outdoor area before security. Our pages for easyJet's biggest UK bases: London Gatwick, London Luton, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh. Each lists the smoking areas and their directions.