The thought behind this is that the heat makes the alcohol heat up and begin to evaportate. I’ll say this is not really like smoking at all. Then you wait 5 minutes and it will be ready for you to insert the metal straw to inhale a breath of alcohol:) Next place the globe on the glass and pour your spirit of choice into the globe. Light the candle and have it in the bottom of the glass. Once I received I followed the simple steps (outlined in pics below to hep walk you through it) on how to set up your Vaportini. My first disclaimer, I’m not a smoker, never have never will be, so I was skeptical if this would be something that I should even try… but hey I have to educate! The team at Vaportini created this unique way to inhale a shot of any liquour that is over 70 proof (think whiskey, gin, flavored vodka,etc.) and its really easy to do.