Used to be a daily cig smoker, switched to vaping and never had a craving for a cig unless I was out drinking.
Haven't bought a pack for myself since, but I guess it depends on what you're asking for. Benefits of a cig is that it's a cig.
You can buy tobacco flavored juice, adjust the mod via voltage to simulate a throat hit... will never be exactly like a cig (if you like the way cigs taste).
Benefits of Vaping is (more likely) lowered costs, more indoor smoking places, changing flavor profiles and clouds are sometimes just fun.
Highly vote using a vape for those looking to quit. My GF and her family didn't like my clothes always smelling like cigarettes, so I switched to a vape.
We're broken up now, both my gf and cigs, so its a win-win.