The invention discloses an electronic cigarette control method and an electronic cigarette, and the electronic cigarette control method comprises the steps: providing a cigarette rod and a cigarette cartridge, setting a first voltage and a second voltage in a first control chip of the cigarette rod in advance, wherein the first voltage is smaller than the second voltage, loading the cigarette cartridge into the cigarette rod, starting the cigarette rod, by the cigarette rod, outputting a first voltage, by the first control chip, controlling the sensor to detect the smoking state of the cigarette cartridge, if the cigarette cartridge is smoked, by the first control chip, controlling the cigarette rod to output a second voltage, by a second control chip in the cigarette cartridge, continuously detecting the voltage of the cigarette rod, when it is detected that the voltage of the cigarette rod is the first voltage, disconnecting the second control chip with a power control device, so that the cigarette cartridge is in a standby state, when it is detected that the voltage of the cigarette rod is the second voltage, by the second control chip, electrically connecting with the power control device, and by the power control device, controlling the heating body to heat tobacco tar in the cigarette cartridge, so that the cigarette cartridge is in a heating state. The electronic cigarette control method is simple to operate.