An aerosol delivery system has a fluid transfer article with a first region for holding an aerosol precursor and a second region to which the aerosol precursor is transferred from the first region. The second region includes an activation surface which interacts thermally with a heater of the aerosol delivery system to form an aerosol from said aerosol precursor. The activation surface is in contact with the heater but is separable therefrom. An air-flow pathway is formed on the other side of the heater from the activation surface. When the user sucks or inhales through the aerosol delivery system, air-flows through the air-flow pathway so that aerosol passes from the activation surface through the heater and to the user in the air-flow.
