In one aspect, there is provided a charging device for rapidly charging a secondary battery, the charging device comprising: a pair of output terminals for connection to the secondary battery; a DC power source; a voltage regulator connected between the DC...

There is provided an electrically heated smoking system comprising a secondary unit (105) capable of receiving a smoking article (107) having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit comprises at least one heating element (415) and an interface (10...

There is provided an electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate. The system comprises at least one heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form the aerosol, and a power supply for supplying power to the at lea...