An aerosol generating system includes: a cigarette including a first segment and a second segment; a heater generating an aerosol by heating at least a portion of an aerosol generating substrate arranged in the first segment and the second segment; a cigarette recognition sensor detecting an identification element arranged in the first segment or the second segment in the cigarette; and a controller identifying a type of the cigarette on the basis of a result detected by the cigarette recognition sensor and controlling a power supply to the heater to heat the cigarette according to a temperature profile corresponding to the identified type.
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