Emirates: can you take a vape, lighter and cigarettes on board?

Emirates' dangerous-goods table lists e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes and other personal vaporizers that contain batteries as cabin baggage only. Each device must be individually protected against accidental activation, so use a case, take the battery out, or lock the button. That table is a PDF on Emirates' download server and its file name carries 2016, so it is an old edition; the rule matches what IATA still publishes, and our general guide to vapes on planes covers the battery and e-liquid detail.

On the live help pages Emirates says the non-smoking policy "also includes the use of e-cigarettes" and that no e-cigarette can be used on board. The ban covers codeshare flights sold under an Emirates number.

Heated tobacco devices such as IQOS are not mentioned on Emirates' pages, so whether Emirates treats them as e-cigarettes is unconfirmed. They contain a battery, so carry them in the cabin and do not use them.

Since 1 October 2025 Emirates allows one power bank per customer, under 100 Wh, with its capacity rating readable. You may not use it to charge anything and may not charge it from the aircraft socket. It must not sit in the overhead bin: keep it in the seat pocket or in a bag under the seat in front of you. Power banks stay out of checked luggage.

The numbers are lower than the general IATA allowance for spare batteries, so a second power bank or one above 100 Wh does not fit Emirates' rule.

Emirates states these rules in the same old-edition PDF; the current dangerous-goods page does not repeat them, so treat the table as the airline's last published wording and check at the airport if it matters. Our guide to lighters on planes has the regulator comparison.

Emirates sets no quantity of its own. Its dangerous-goods page says that cigarettes and e-cigarettes, in the cabin or in checked baggage, are subject to customs rules and airport security checks in the country you leave and the country you reach. The allowance that counts is the one at arrival.

For Dubai, Emirates points travellers to the iDeclare app from Dubai Customs. Read the United Arab Emirates rules page first. Popular Emirates routes also have pages: United Kingdom, India, Australia and Pakistan.

We found no fine published by Emirates or UAE authorities for smoking or vaping on an Emirates flight. Treat it as unconfirmed rather than free of consequences: the airline can refuse carriage, and the destination's aviation law applies in its airspace.

Almost all Emirates flights leave from Dubai. Our page for Dubai International lists the smoking areas we hold for it, with their status; check it before you clear security, since you cannot smoke again until you land.