Nicotine addiction?

[victory01]

I am trying to quit smoking and recently read 'Easy way to quit smoking' by Allen Carr. I started smoking at 13 and quit for 3 years but started again a year ago. Cigars actually helped relieve the void 4 years ago, however after reading this book he states that substitution leads to further nicotine addiction. Even though I did quit cigarettes for 3 years and started cigars I did find the flavor very appealing and never found it a substitute for the habit of smoking cigarettes. Has anyone else gone through this? Have you used cigars as a substitute and found it to be more of an occasion of flavor rather than addiction, like drinking fine wine versus being an alcoholic??