Electronic smoke apparatus

An electronic smoke apparatus comprising a housing, a smoke effect generation arrangement and a smoking action detector, wherein the smoke effect generation arrangement comprises a processor and a simulated smoking effect generating device, and the housing includes a tubular portion defining an air inlet, an air outlet, a mouth piece where the air outlet is located, and an air passageway interconnecting the air inlet and the air outlet;

• wherein the smoking action detector is to detect airflow properties inside the air passageway and includes a first conductive surface and a second conductive surface which are spaced apart at an effective separation distance to define a capacitor having a capacitance value, the capacitance value of the capacitor being determined by factors including the effective separation distance between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface, and the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface being relatively movable or deformable to approach more towards or move more away from each other to change the effective separation in response to an airflow inside the air passageway which is caused by simulated smoking inhaling activities at the air outlet;
• and wherein the processor is to monitor the effective separation distance and/or the change thereof to determine airflow properties inside the air passageway and to operate the simulated smoking effect generating device to generate simulated smoking effects when airflow properties inside the air passageway as represented by the effective separation distance correspond to simulated smoking inhaling activities at the air inlet are detected.