an electronic smoking article , a method of manufacturing an electronic smoking article , and a method of achieving a smoking experience without combusting tobacco are disclosed . the electronic smoking article includes an authenticated first section , which includes an aerosol generation unit having at least one heater ; an authenticated second section , which includes a power supply operable to apply voltage to the at least one heater for heating a liquid in at least a portion of the aerosol generation unit to form an aerosol ; and a conductive ink circuit embedded within the first and second sections , and wherein the power supply and the aerosol generation unit are electrically connected upon joining the first and second sections , and wherein each of the first and second sections has a portion of the conductive ink circuit .