I was hooked on tobacco. Multiple attempts to ‘cut down’ failed miserably. Even while doing a job that required No Smoking, I still snuck a few. I switched to e-cigs, and yes, with the intention of quitting altogether. I started with a nic strength of 24mg. It took a while, but over the course of 1 1/2 yrs, I reduced the strength of the nic liquid I used. I eventually dropped down to 2mg liquid. One day, I realized that I hadn’t hit my e-cig in months. I then passed my ‘kit’ on to another. I ‘fell off the wagon’ once, during a very stressful time, bought a pack, smoked half a cig, felt ill & tossed the rest. Got an e-cig & used it a few days & was ok. Keeping it in a drawer just in case. Tobacco free since ’09, nic free since ’11.