it's much easier than cig smoke for me. the best thing if you're innexperienced is smoke it out of a joint and just hold it for 5 seconds in your mouth before inhaling to let the smoke cool, then it'll be pretty easy. also, you can buy a vaporizer anywhere from $80-250, which eliminates 99% of the smoke and 99% of the lung damage (though there's not very much from weed as it is).