Most pollens such as the infamous yellow pine don't bother me at all. They just turn my truck yellow.
I just don't like being in cigarette smoke. I don't want to breathe it and I don't want it on my clothes. But I would never deprive smokers of their rights.
What sets you, and many others, apart from the "dearly departed" of this post, is that you take actions to protect yourself.
It is rewarding to exchange ideas with those that haven't succumbed to the victim nanny state propaganda.