A vaporizer device (100, 200) comprising: an absolute pressure sensor positioned to detect a first pressure of air along an airflow path connecting air outside of a vaporizer device body with a vaporization chamber of the vaporizer device and a mouthpiece of the vaporizer device; an additional absolute pressure sensor positioned to detect a second pressure of air representative of ambient air pressure to which the vaporizer device is exposed; an additional sensor; and a controller configured to perform operations comprising: receiving a first signal from the absolute pressure sensor representative of the first pressure and a second signal from the additional absolute pressure sensor representative of the second pressure, determining, based on at least the first signal and the second signal, that a puff is occurring, the puff comprising air flowing along the airflow path in reaction to a user drawing on the mouthpiece, receiving a third signal from the additional sensor and adapting the determining that the puff is occurring based on the third signal, and causing, in response to the determining, electrical current to be delivered to a resistive heating element of the vaporizer device, the delivered electrical current causing heating of a vaporizable material for forming of an inhalable aerosol in the air flowing along the airflow path. an absolute pressure sensor positioned to detect a first pressure of air along an airflow path connecting air outside of a vaporizer device body with a vaporization chamber of the vaporizer device and a mouthpiece of the vaporizer device; an additional absolute pressure sensor positioned to detect a second pressure of air representative of ambient air pressure to which the vaporizer device is exposed; an additional sensor; and a controller configured to perform operations comprising: receiving a first signal from the absolute pressure sensor representative of the first pressure and a second signal from the additional absolute pressure sensor representative of the second pressure, determining, based on at least the first signal and the second signal, that a puff is occurring, the puff comprising air flowing along the airflow path in reaction to a user drawing on the mouthpiece, receiving a third signal from the additional sensor and adapting the determining that the puff is occurring based on the third signal, and causing, in response to the determining, electrical current to be delivered to a resistive heating element of the vaporizer device, the delivered electrical current causing heating of a vaporizable material for forming of an inhalable aerosol in the air flowing along the airflow path. receiving a first signal from the absolute pressure sensor representative of the first pressure and a second signal from the additional absolute pressure sensor representative of the second pressure, determining, based on at least the first signal and the second signal, that a puff is occurring, the puff comprising air flowing along the airflow path in reaction to a user drawing on the mouthpiece, receiving a third signal from the additional sensor and adapting the determining that the puff is occurring based on the third signal, and causing, in response to the determining, electrical current to be delivered to a resistive heating element of the vaporizer device, the delivered electrical current causing heating of a vaporizable material for forming of an inhalable aerosol in the air flowing along the airflow path.