I've never smoked a single cigarette but I smoke a good amount of cigars, the local cigar shop/lounge is my second home. I occasionally smoke a pipe as well. I'm certainly not dependent on nicotine as I can go months at a time without a cigar with no ill effects. I feel like I should be able to have one bad habit and since I don't drink other than the occasional drink with a cigar I guess cigars it is. There's also just something about smoking what really amounts to a handmade work of art. They say approximately 200 sets of hands touch a cigar from seed to boxing, and rolling cigars is no easy feat. Blending is a whole other art form.
I do have dreams from time to time that I'm in one or another cigar lounge with good company.