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What I resent is the fact that smokers are not allowed to simply be, that so many non-smokers feel it's their responsibility to enforce their opinions on others simply because THEY don't approve of it.

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Often because smokers force their smoke on non-smokers. When I have to talk to a person who is smoking, I'm not going to give them a lecture. But I will not particularly hide the fact that I need to stand upwind of them and/or waft the smoke away from my face, or that I might have to cut the conversation short because of it. Smoke often makes me choke and almost always gives me headaches, and if it's not fair of me to tell the smoker to cut it out, neither it is fair of them to subject me to their habit.

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Once again, it's all about YOUR personal comfort, isn't it?

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Meh. They make the decision to smoke, even though it's unnecessary. I suppose I make the decision to be at the bus stop, but it's often necessary and I can't take another bus. I suppose a person can also stand at a bus stop and clang the cymbals really loudly while farting, and they'll have the right to, but I think it'll be fairly obvious why other people thre would object to such behavior.