摘要：【中文】本发明公开了一种电子烟及其启动控制方法、装置以及可读存储介质，应用于电子烟，包括：获取人体脸部特征；根据所获取到的人体脸部特征，得到对应的年龄值；若所得到的年龄值低于设定值时，则使电子烟失去吸烟功能。使用时，若判定当前所得到的年龄值小于设定值，说明吸烟者是个青少年，则停止所述电子烟的吸烟功能。由此，通过此方案，可有效避免青少年吸食电子烟。 【EN】The invention discloses an electronic cigarette, a starting control method and a starting control device thereof, and a readable storage medium, wherein the starting control method, the starting control device and the readable storage medium are applied to the electronic cigarette and comprise the following steps: acquiring human face features; obtaining a corresponding age value according to the acquired human face features; and if the obtained age value is lower than the set value, the electronic cigarette is enabled to lose the smoking function. When the electronic cigarette is used, if the currently obtained age value is judged to be smaller than the set value, the smoker is a teenager, and the smoking function of the electronic cigarette is stopped. Therefore, through the scheme, teenagers can be effectively prevented from smoking the electronic cigarette.