Yeah right, I quit smoking for 12 yrs and then started sneaking the occasional cigar. I ended up with a 6 cigar a day habit that was much worse than my 2+ pack a day cig habit. I tried and tried to quit cigars without any luck it was a far more powerful addiction because you are taking in far more nicotene with cigars.
After 5 or 6 years of this I finally decided I had to take drastic measures to rid myself of cigars. What worked for me was switching back to cigarettes for exactly 6 months. I set a cutoff date for cold turkey and stuck to it.
I'm tobacco free for almost 9 years now.
Cigars may have worked for you, but cigars nearly destroyed me.
I had a 5 cigar a day habit for several years but finally got tired of the expense, even with the cheapos I was smoking, so I switched to corn cob pipes. I buy a 9 ounce bag of tobacco for 10 bucks and I can stretch that out to close to a month.
Pipe smoking is a lot of work, and that tends to cause you to smoke less.