I was a heavy smoker. When I started vaping, I cut my cigs down to 1/2 overnight with no trouble, and continued to make headway from there, until I got down to somewhere in the 5-10 cigs a day range. But then I had a lot of trouble getting rid of the last cigs. In particular, I had trouble after meals. After I would eat, I wanted a cig, bad, and no matter how much I vaped, I kept wanting a cig until I had one (or two.)
After several months like that, someone suggested I get a higher nic juice. I was using 24mg, and I ordered some 30mg juice. That did the trick. The day I got 30mg juice, I quit smoking for good. It wasn't even hard. I was still buying cigs by the carton and I had 6 packs left. A few weeks later, I gave those away, because I knew I wouldn't need them.
I figured that the 24mg had been doing a good job most of the time, so I just used the 30mg after meals or when I had a craving for a cig. The rest of the time, I used the 24mg. It didn't take very long before I could use 24 all day, even after meals. And as time passed, I gradually cut down from 24 to 18, then from 18 to 12, etc. For awhile, I vaped with no nicotine at all, but I've gone back to 6mg now.
It sounds to me like you have a similar situation, and that more nic might help.
IMO, the single biggest factor in switching from cigs to vaping is to find the right juice. You need a flavor that works for you (easy for some people, harder for others) and you need the right nic level, which can take some experimenting. Once you have that, the rest is much easier.
But I do think it's okay to do both. Vape when you want, smoke when you want. I think that if you do that, and you really want to quit cigs, it will come fairly naturally. You've already cut out most of your cigs, and that's the important part.
Good luck.
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