That's exactly the method that worked for me. I was working in the construction industry, a large apartment complex on 26 acres in Fremont, California way way back in August, 1973. I smoked Pall Malls, no filter, for 15 years when I decided to quit. Remember cigarette machines? The price of cigarettes had just risen to $.35 a pack and that was too much for me. Ha ha ha ha.
I rolled a few j's, put them in a pack of Pall Malls, in my shirt pocket like usual, and when I felt a big time urge to smoke a cigarette I'd stroll out to a remote area on the job and puff away like I was smoking a cigarette. By the time all of the remote areas were being built on, maybe a month or so, I was clear of nicotine and have never smoked since.
Nicotine is an evil thing. For years I would periodically dream I had started smoking again, waking up angry at myself, then relieved to find it was only a dream. I cannot imagine ever smoking again, but know from experience that unless you want to quit, you can't. As long as you imagine there is anything positive about smoking you'll continue (to have a certain odor,to burn holes in your clothes,burn your furniture, burn your carpets, start fires in your ashtrays,have the fire drop in your lap while you're driving, look like a fool with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth, have cigarette stained teeth, lose your sense of smell, lose your sense of taste, cough uncontrollably, catch frequent colds, wake up with tobacco hangover). Only $300 a month for all of that? Bargain.
