An electronic smoking device comprises an elongate housing sleeve having a first end and a second end and accommodating at least part of the following components: a battery (40) as an electric power source powering an electrically activatable atomizer including an electric heater and adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer, a puff detector (48) adapted to indicate an aerosol inhaling puff, and control electronics (42, 44) connected to the puff detector (48) and adapted to control the heater of the atomizer. At least part of the battery (40), the puff detector (48), the control electronics (42, 44) and/or the atomizer is mounted on an elongate insert (10) permitting lateral access and fitting into the housing sleeve via one of the ends of the housing sleeve.一種電子吸菸裝置包含一伸長的容納套筒具有一第一端和一第二端,並容裝以下部件的至少一部份:一電池作為一電力源能供電一可電氣致動的噴霧器其包含一電加熱器,並可適於霧化一由一貯槽供應的液體來提供一氣懸體由該噴霧器送出,一吹氣檢測器可適於顯示一氣懸體的抽吸,及控制電子裝置連接於該吹氣檢測器,並可適於控制該噴霧器的加熱器。該電池、該吹氣檢測器、該控制電子裝置及/或該噴霧器的至少一部份係裝在一伸長的插入物上,其允許側向進入並由該容納套筒的端部之一裝入該容納套筒內。