An aerosol delivery system comprises a container defining a chamber for a
product to be delivered, an outlet from the chamber through which product
may in operation be delivered, a valve for controlling passage of product
through the outlet and a pump for pressurising product to be delivered,
wherein the pump comprises an expandable material which, in operation,
may be expanded to provide the pressure for pressurising product to be
delivered, the expandable material being an osmotically effective agent
and/or a swellable hydrogel and being disposed on one side of a
semi-permeable membrane through which, in operation, fluid may be
absorbed by the expandable material to expand it and thereby generate an
osmotic pressure.