I was a pack per day smoker for over 30 years. I began vaping at 24mg, which in hindsight was too high. Regardless, it took me a week to make the transition. I also had inspiration to finally quit. The same week that I tried my first disposable e-cigarette my mother found out she had cancer. She passed on to a better place within two weeks of her diagnosis. This was a Life Changing Event for me; it finally hit home that unless I quit I would be following my mother to the grave.
I finalized a set date that I was going to make the final transition, mentally determined that I was finally going to be successful to quit. I allowed myself to vape as much as I wanted. I knew I might still desire a cigarette, so I saved one last pack for this transition week. I allowed myself half a cigarette, and put out the rest. I used that second half of a cigarette for the next bad craving. Of course, those second half cigarettes taste awful, which helped me to quit.
By the end of the week, I was completely enjoying my e-cigs, not needing or even desiring the analogs. When the pack of cigs were finished, so was I. I haven't purchased nor smoked a cigarette since. Two years smoke-free.
Finding the right flavor certainly helped me quit. I was a Marlboro Menthol smoker, and chose Smokeless Image's Ice Menthol to vape. It was close enough to the Marlboro Menthols that I didn't miss the real thing.
I still vape a menthol e-liquid, but I have branched out to fruit & coffee flavors too. I'm down to zero-nicotine or 6mg in my eliquids.
Everyone will have a different way to quit. Some quit cold turkey, others transition using cigs/e-cigs for weeks before quitting. No one way is best or works for everyone. Having failed using the gum, patch, Wellbutrin, and hypnosis (twice) I knew I would have a tough transition. I did it in a week.
My avatar is a daily reminder to me that smoking is like slow suicide. You might as well load up a revolver with cigarettes and pull the trigger with each time you smoke an analog.