I
vape in smoking areas, always did, even before the laws started catching up. That's where my friends were anyway.. now there's quite a few vapors in the smoking area.
At my last job it was close to 50 / 50 in the smoking area. When I started
vaping I was the only vaper at the company I worked for.
Back then whenever I vaped around people I got funny looks, folks asked me about it, smokers sometimes wanted to try a puff. Now it's about as noteworthy as wearing a hat. Other than in smoking areas I always took care not to hit anyone with my vapor so I've never experienced a negative reaction, except for the funny looks.
My wife started vaping before me and she still vapes, but she loathes the aroma of coffee and tobacco vapes. I stopped using those flavors. So I knew from the start that some people would find it unpleasant.