I smoked for 20 years. I was a light smoker, in that I rarely smoked more than a pack a day, often less. I truly savored and enjoyed smoking good tobacco. I would (probably) still be a smoker today were it not for (sometimes quite irritating) symptoms of post nasal drip. I read that stopping smoking sometimes helped PND sufferers, so I did quite a bit of research, tried e-cigarettes and found that I liked them immediately, in some ways (but not all) more than smoking. Within a few months I became quite sure that my symptoms subsided — my main symptom was periodic sinus and throat irritation, which I still get, but much less often. I found that I didn’t crave actual tobacco much at all while using e-cigarettes. It was a bit weird at first, but within a week, there was no looking back. I had never really tried to quit smoking before trying ecigs, though as a smoker my cravings were rarely overwhelming, so would sometimes go all day without a smoke, but (very) rarely multiple days unless I had a bad cold. I have the feeling that I could probably stop vaping more easily than I could have simply stopped smoking. I may test that feeling at some point, though I don’t have any strong desire to do so.