Luxury Cruise Line
Cunard Smoking Policy
Where you can and cannot smoke on a Cunard cruise in 2026, the cabin cleaning fee, casino rules, and how vaping is handled, verified against the official policy.
Quick answer
Cunard bans smoking in staterooms and on balconies, and charges a $250 cleaning fee for violations. Smoking is allowed only in designated areas. In the casino: no, the casino is non-smoking.
Smoking in cabins and on balconies
Stateroom
Not allowed
Balcony
Not allowed
Smoking is not permitted in staterooms, on balconies, or in public rooms. E-cigarettes and vaporizers are banned in the stateroom, including the balcony, and allowed only in designated smoking areas. A violation incurs a $250 cleaning fee per occurrence, and repeated violations may result in disembarkation without refund.
Where you can smoke
Smoking is permitted only in designated outdoor areas, which are clearly posted, plus Churchill's Cigar Lounge, which is reserved for cigar and pipe smokers. Churchill's is the only indoor exception; all other indoor areas are non-smoking.
Smoking in the casino
No, the casino is non-smoking
Fine for smoking in your cabin
$250 cleaning fee
Cunard charges $250 for smoking in a stateroom or on a balcony, and repeated violations can lead to removal from the ship.
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Sources
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- Cunard: Passage contract accessed 2026-10-02
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