I used one of those $30 starter pen-style vapes last summer for a couple of months until it broke (or rather ... I broke it one night while I was hammered). As of a couple of weeks ago I've been using a nicer vape (it's called a Cool Fire IV + and I got it for like $80).

Health-wise it's a LOT better, no coughing / wheezing and you don't have to walk around smelling like an ash tray. Plus you can use it inside which is nice when the weather's bad or whatever.

I use .8% and 1.2% juice and it gives you a great, clean buzz. I always smoked full-bodied, non-menthol cigarettes (Marlboro Reds and American Spirit Dark Blues) and I haven't found any e-juice flavor that does a good job of mimicking those tastes but I've tried a bunch of different fruit and tea flavors that I like quite a bit.

Just go to a vape store near wherever you live and ask the people who work there to set you up with up with a decent starter set. I usually go to a chain called AVAIL Vapor (they used to only be in Virginia but I think they've expanded quite a bit in the mid-atlantic region over the last year or so).