Vaping is just too much like smoking. It's basically the same habit, it's got the same quick hit, you'll have very similar rituals (leave your desk, go for a vape break, "light up", etc).
There's also the community factor. There's no nicotine patch community, but there's a vaping community. Maybe the vaping community was originally all people trying to quit cigarettes, but now it's also a gateway to people getting into smoking.
I'd guess patches as the best, because the slow release breaks a lot of the fun of the addiction cycle. Apparently though, it's best to use both patches and one other NRT - https://www.cochrane.org/CD013308/TOBACCO_what-best-way-use-...
Vaping is just too much like smoking. It's basically the same habit, it's got the same quick hit, you'll have very similar rituals (leave your desk, go for a vape break, "light up", etc).
There's also the community factor. There's no nicotine patch community, but there's a vaping community. Maybe the vaping community was originally all people trying to quit cigarettes, but now it's also a gateway to people getting into smoking.