You definately want to get a vaporizer! I have toked for 40 years(!) and had quite a cough. In two weeks after getting my Vapor Brother's, my cough was gone! The amount of cannabis that I use is less- roughly about half a joint's worth will get me as high as smoking a joint does. I have found that it is a great tool for judging which plant to clone- you can vape "right off the plant" bud- I just take a taste fairly early in flowering and clone the best ones. Another GREAT thing about vaping is that it doesn't smell like smoking pot! There is virtually no smell and what smell there is, doesn't smell like pot! The left-over "duff" still has some kick left in it. Some folks smoke it, but I think that tastes really bad. I prefer to make those "traditional" pot brownies- I also add hemp seed from the health food store to them. Since you are cautious with your health, you may like to know that hemp is almost a perfect food. Do a little research on it, try this for a start- http://ratical.org/renewables/hempseed1.html or run a search on-- hemp "Lynn Osburn" -- Hemp seed brownies are great! As you were cautioned about the "piece of trash" vaporizers, I won't go into that. I got my little Vapor Brother's GNES Hands-free at discountworldonline.com for $139 + $15 S&H. It is the best money I ever spent! Volcanos may be better (at $539, they better be!), but the VB does quite well IMHO. I'm vaping a little green G-13xButterscotch Hawaiian right now and it is delicious! The high is a little different than smoking. Not as physically "heavy", but you are most definitely stoned. I think it is because you are not getting the toxins from the act of combustion. If you use a computer or are busy tripping around the house, another really great thing about vaping is that it waits for you! The cannabis is just sitting there waiting for the hot air to vaporize the THC and that only happens when you inhale a hit. With a whip type vaporizer you can take a hit, walk away for 10 minutes and take another hit when you get back! NO WASTED POT! I'm an old die-hard hippie (40 years of toking) and I vape the heck out of my weed. I keep toking until the vapor tastes kind of like slightly burnt microwaved popcorn. What's left over has a nice toasty/almost chocolatey smell that really goes well in brownies. (guess what Granny Storm Crow is making next Friday? It makes a NICE weekend treat) Really, vaporizers are necessary for everyone who uses pot. It's discrete, saves you pot, makes your pot recycleable and is far healthier than smoking! What's not to love???