An article including identification for use in an electrically heated smoking system

摘要

There is provided an electrically heated smoking system (101) for receiving a smoking article (115) or cleaning article (205) configured for use with the smoking system (101). The system comprises a cavity (111) for at least partially receiving the smoking article (115) or cleaning article (205). The smoking article includes identification information printed thereon. The cleaning article includes identification information encoded thereon. The system further comprises at least one heating element, a power supply for supplying power to the at least one heating element, electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the at least one heating element, and a detector (203) capable of detecting the presence of the smoking article (115) or cleaning article (205) in the cavity (111) and distinguishing the smoking article or cleaning article from other articles configured for use with the smoking system, based on the identification information. There is further provided a cleaning article (205) including identification information encoded on the cleaning article.