I do a lot of cold smoking, but my cold smoking emits no heat at all. I have an A-Maz-N tube smoker that works pretty well, but it add a strong almost bitter taste, in my opinion. My preferred way is with a tin can, a cheap Harbor Freight soldering iron, and alder chips. Fire up the soldering iron in the can full of Alder and close the lid. I smoke precooked/grilled shrimp, cheese, butter, Frito's and nuts and even bourbon.
It is a lot different than making jerky.