An electrically heated smoking system with internal or external heater

摘要

There is provided an electrically heated smoking system (103, 203) for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate (105, 205). The system comprises a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol, and the heater comprises a heating element (113, 213, 214). The electrically heated smoking system (103, 203) and the heating element (113, 213, 214) are arranged such that, when the aerosol-forming substrate (105, 205) is received in the electrically heated smoking system, the heating element (113, 213, 214) extends a distance only partially along the length of the aerosol forming-substrate, and the heating element is positioned towards the downstream end of the aerosol-forming substrate.