An aerosol-generating system for oral or nasal delivery of a generated aerosol to a user is provided, including a heater element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol a power source a controller configured to control operation of the heater element, the controller including or being connected to a means to detect a change in air flow past the heater element first data storage means for recording detected changes in airflow past the heater element and data relating to the operation of the heater element second data storage means including a database relating changes in airflow and data relating to the operation of the heater element to the properties of the aerosol delivered to the user and an indication means coupled to the second data storage means for indicating to the user a property of the aerosol delivered to the user.
