Kind of the same story here. I had been vaping for about 3 months and took a trip to Vegas. I managed to get some juice and my egos through but was thinking I was really going to go back to the swisher wood tips when I got to the casinos. Picked up a few packs at the Walgreens and sat down at the slot machine and fired one up with my gin and tonic. Man, was I disappointed at the taste. Nothing like I was expecting at all and boy was I anticipating that first drag of good old cigar smoke. I went outside and gave them away to one of the bums outside. Thought to myself that I'd try my second choice, Winston lights and the same thing, couldn't stand the smell and didn't enjoy the taste at all. Went outside and found, you guessed it, the same bum in the same place and gave the cigs to him and lighter too.
Went up to the room, filled a couple of iclear 16's and grabbed a few batteries and was happy as a clam for the next couple of days. I was very pleased to see that both of my long time favorites were getting no love from me. Funny thing was that the whole reason I tried to go back to smoking the stinkies was I was afraid of feeling embarrassed in the casinos. After my initial episode with the analogs, I felt a bit of pride about sporting my vaping gear. Even talked it up to a couple of folks while I was there. I did get a couple of strange looks at the tables but no issues. The pit boss came over once to look at it and I was vaping some sweet smelling hazelnut and he commented how much better it smelled than cigarette smoke.