Heater and smoking device including the heater

The present application discloses a heater and a smoking device including the heater. The heater includes a heating body, in which a space for containing an aerosol-forming matrix, configured to receive electric power from a power supply to generate heat, and transfer the heat to the aerosol-forming matrix so as to volatilize at least one component in the aerosol-forming matrix; an electrode part including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on the heating body at intervals and electrically connected with the heating body, configured to feed the electric power to the heating body; and an electrode connector including an abutting part and an extension part; the abutting part abutting against the electrode part to be electrically connected with the electrode part, and the extension part being configured to extend the electrode part to a position far away from the heating body through electrical connection.