The invention relates to a method for operating an aerosol delivery device (10), comprising the steps of generating a predetermined amount of an aerosol in the device (10) and inducing a transport flow in the device (10) for transporting at least a portion of the predetermined amount of the aerosol outside the device (10). During the aerosol generating step, the transport flow is first induced, then stopped after a predetermined first period of time and then induced again after a predetermined second period of time. Further, the invention relates to an aerosol delivery device (10) comprising an aerosol generator (3) for generating an aerosol in the device (10), a gas conveying element (1) for inducing a transport flow in the device (10) for transporting at least a portion of the generated aerosol outside the device (10), and a control configured, during the aerosol generating step, to first activate the gas conveying element (1), then deactivate the gas conveying element (1) after a predetermined first period of time and then activate the gas conveying element (1) again after a predetermined second period of time, so that the transport flow is first induced, then stopped after the first period of time and then induced again after the second period of time.本発明は、装置内で所定量のエアロゾルを生成するステップと、所定量のエアロゾルの少なくとも一部を装置の外に搬送するべく装置内で搬送流を誘発するステップとを含むエアロゾル送達装置（１０）を作動する方法に関する。エアロゾル生成ステップ中に、まず搬送流を誘発し、次いで所定の第１時間後に停止し、次いで所定の第２時間後に再び誘発する。また、本発明は、装置内でエアロゾルを生成するエアロゾル生成器（３）と、生成されたエアロゾルの少なくとも一部を装置の外に搬送するべく装置内で搬送流を誘発するガス運搬要素（１）と、搬送流がまず誘発され、次いで第１時間後に停止され、次いで第２時間後に再び誘発されるよう、エアロゾル生成ステップ中に、ガス運搬要素をまず作動し、次いで所定の第１時間後にガス運搬要素を停止し、次いで所定の第２時間後にガス運搬要素を再び作動するように構成された制御装置とを含むエアロゾル送達装置に関する。
