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Norwegian Smoking Policy
Where you can and cannot smoke on a Norwegian cruise in 2026, the cabin cleaning fee, casino rules, and how vaping is handled, verified against the official policy.
Quick answer
Norwegian 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: yes, in a designated section while gaming.
Smoking in cabins and on balconies
Stateroom
Not allowed
Balcony
Not allowed
E-cigarettes and vapes are treated the same as cigarettes: banned in staterooms and on balconies, permitted in the casino during gaming and in designated outdoor areas, but not in the cigar lounge. Smoking in a stateroom or on a balcony triggers a $250 cleaning charge plus any damage charges for burns. Guests in the Garden Villas may smoke in their private garden and on their private sun decks.
Where you can smoke
All indoor public areas are smoke-free except the cigar lounge and the casino. Cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and vapes are allowed in the casino during gaming hours (some ships have an enclosed casino smoking room) and in designated outdoor areas that vary by ship. The cigar lounge is for cigars only. Ships without a cigar lounge allow cigars and pipes only in designated outdoor areas.
Smoking in the casino
Yes, in a designated section while gaming
Fine for smoking in your cabin
$250 cleaning fee
Norwegian 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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- Norwegian: Smoking accessed 2026-10-02
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