The Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department is enforcing the ban and anyone who does not comply with the ban is subject to a fine.Īccording to a newly released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at many of the world’s busiest airports travelers continue to be explosed to second-hand cigarette smoke, which the Surgeon General has declared a health risk at any level of exposure. What will happen to you if you light up at Charleston International Airport (CHS)? Why can’t you smoke? Because, according to a Centers for Disease Control study, secondhand smoke travels from designated smoking areas into nonsmoking areas in airports, where nonsmoking travelers and employees can be exposed. What can’t you smoke? Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vapes, puff bars, and any device that emits smoke or vapor that may be harmful to travelers. The smoking ban at CHS is in effect as of Sept 1, 2021, and includes all enclosed public spaces, outside of the terminal, the shuttles, sidewalks, rest areas, as well as public and employee parking lots. But now there is one less airport where travelers can light up: Charleston International Airport (CHS). Some smaller airports around the country do have smoking spaces as well. There are still a few airports around the country that accommodate smoking inside the terminals.Īccording to the American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation, as of July 1, 2021, four of the top 35 US airports have smoking spaces: McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, Washington Dulles Airport (IAD), TGIF at Miami International Airport (MIA), and Nashville International Airport (BNA). 🚭 /HHwxQOTO3N- Charleston International Airport September 5, 2021 This means that smoking and vaping of any kind will not be allowed inside or outside of the terminal.
As of September 1, Charleston International Airport and all CCAA owned buildings has become a smoke-free campus.
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