Well I have had a long history with the "ettes". Smoked em for over 20 years. Hopefully done with them now. I had stopped smoking them for over three years. Started with the cigars. Enjoyed cigars quite enough, and one day on a whim decided to get some roll-yer-own baccie, for a "quick smoke". Oh, the beginnings of a long slide. The RYOs became a new habit very, very easily. Stronger than regular cigs. Then the occasional pack of pre-rollies. Ah, it is a slippery slope indeed. Then it fed itself into a heavier cigar habit and the cigar habit fed the ryo habit. Hmmm. I began searching for the strongest fullest body cigars (not cheap), and going through bag after bag of Bugler. Not good.
So then I tried the pipe. Thankfully, I was directed to some strong baccies to try. These pack a firm nic punch and you really feel it. Not instantly like with a cig, but over the course of 5 or 10 minutes. I think this delay of nicotine delivery is important in the long run. It was so easy to lay off the RYOs and pre-rollies, like they just fell by the side. And the sense of urgency for a nic-fix is gone.