It's not the alternative, Caleb
The way I see it is: you have three choices of 4 choices
1) Stay away from all Inhalants (the best choice)
2)Vape safely and ask those of us that can, to guide you.
3) Vape unsafely and lose a hand
4) Smoke and start getting cancer
The last two are plain dumb, as a former 2 pack a day smoker the first is the best option.
Kids coming on here gives us as vapors a moral dilemma while we don't endorse a kid vaping most of us, myself included, started smoking when we were younger than you. So to help you not smoke safely, is good.
HOWEVER, with current news coverage; and, people looking for reasons to stop us from vaping altogether, having a youngin on a forum, that anyone can see, proudly proclaiming what he's using giftwraps a news story for CNN and an argument for big tobacco to use in the halls of congress.
The end of that argument can result in either a huge tax on us, or prohibition part II