Patent ID: 7481226

Claim:
Method for analysing cigarette smoking, which comprises the following steps: equipping a smoker with a portable assembly comprising a cigarette holder comprising a diaphragm and two pressure sensors arranged on either side of said diaphragm and a processing module connected to said pressure sensors, said processing module comprising memorisation means with date/time recording data provided from said pressure sensors and transfer means for transferring said data, obtaining a smoking profile by collecting information from a smoking test during which said smoker smokes one or more cigarettes with said cigarette holder over a normal period of activity, in accordance with usual habits, said smoking test comprising a real-time detection by said pressure sensors and memorisation by said memorisation means, of said information comprising said data and corresponding date/time parameters, said smoking profile specific to the smoker being based on said data and corresponding date/time parameters once said smoking test is ended, transferring said information to a processor of a processing center which controls a smoking machine, controlling the smoking machine using the data transferred to said center so as to obtain the mechanical reproduction of smoking in accordance with said smoking profile.