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An electronic smoking device comprises an elongate housing sleeve having a first end 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. |