generated from an electrical power source due to the internal impedance of existing battery technologies accordingly the power source is used to preheat the heating element which acts as a heat sink before the energy is delivered thus the concept is similar to the concept of charging a capacitor in order to operate a flash on a camera in the same manner the heat sink or heating element of the invention acts as a u201c heat capacitor u201d and stores energy from the power source until sufficient energy is stored and then delivers that stored energy to the surrounding air at a rate well beyond that which would be possible with the power source itself alternatively the power may be stored in an electrical capacitor and then delivered to the heating element from the capacitor during aerosol generation state of the art of high capacity high discharge rate capacitors should be used when the patient inhales through the device air is drawn over the heating element and energy is transferred to the air warming the air the precise amount of air warmed and the amount which the air is warmed to can be changed using different components in the temperature controlling device or by changing the amount of preheating of the heating element prior to aerosol generation optimum performance can be achieved by limiting the density of the aerosol generated.