An article for electronic smoking and associated method

An article for smoking, comprising: a part of the control body (506) with a gear end of the control body (506A), the part of the control body (506) with a first control component (520) there, and that includes an electric power source (540) configured to be controlled by the first control component (520); and a part of the cartridge body (505) that includes a gear end of the cartridge body (505A) configured to retractable engage the gear end of the control body (506A), the part of the cartridge body (505) It also includes an agotable arrangement comprising at least one aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element (560) operatively engaged therewith, and a second control component (590), the agotable arrangement is configured to communicate with the first control component (520) after gearing between the parts of the cartridge body and control body (505, 506), and the second control component (590) is configured to communicate with at least one of the first control component ( 520) and the electric power source (540) after the gear between the parts of the cartridge body and control body (505, 506), wherein the second control component (590) is configured or to provide an authentication mark to the first control component (520), and the first control component (520) is configured to evaluate the authentication marks to determine if the part of the cartridge body (505) is authorized for use with the control body part (506), and in at least one instance authorize the cartridge body part (505) for use with the control body part (506).