Yes I remember my first couple cigarettes, I felt weird, then I was addicted. (It was a matter of learning to inhale). You might as others have said, try to figure out why you want to smoke? Are you stressed? Are you needing some hand to mouth action? You really don't want to start that kind of habit (even with 0 nic) without figuring out why? I mean, I'm glad that your friend told you to vape instead, but really, if you enjoy the inhaling thing, you can do it with 0 nic. It should be noted, however, that the long term effects of vaping haven't been studied, so you are essentially putting yourself at SOME amount of risk if you do either.
That said, I think that vaping 0 nic is probably better than starting smoking, which from the sounds of things might get out of hand with you rather swiftly. So, it's probably better.....probably being the main word here, and only because you are craving starting the most deadly addiction that you can ever dream up, and if you think smoking is easy to stop? It isn't. I thought that once, and I was DEAD wrong. Operative word being DEAD, or at least dying when I got here. I wouldn't recommend it.
Anna