Toronto, CanadaSmoking policy at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ)
Warnings & Caveats
Ontario's Smoke-Free Ontario Act treats e-cigarettes like tobacco, and the terminal is smoke-free. Smoke only at the designated outdoor area.
Yes, but only outdoors: Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport has one designated outdoor smoking area outside the terminal and no indoor smoking room.
Before security
The terminal map marks a single outdoor smoking area outside the building, next to the Arrivals Waiting Area near the top of the stairs down to the pedestrian tunnel. It is landside, so use it before check-in and screening or after you land. The exact position is as described by two airport smoking guides that cite the terminal map.
After security
No smoking area is listed past security, and neither the Domestic nor the International Lounge has a smoking facility.
Airport transfers for Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Vaping and heated tobacco
Under Ontario's Smoke-Free Ontario Act e-cigarettes are treated like tobacco, so vaping is limited to the same outdoor area and not allowed inside the terminal.
Connecting flights
There is no way to smoke past security. To smoke between flights you must leave to the outdoor area and clear security again. The airport also has a US preclearance facility, so smoke before you join that queue.
Tips
The airport is on the Toronto Islands, reached by ferry or the pedestrian tunnel, so allow extra time if you step outside.
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