If someone smoking outdoors 30 feet from you make you unable to breathe, maybe it's not everyone else around you that needs to change.
This reminds me of a girl I once knew who freaked out and had panic attacks and hyperventilated if she was in a car going over 40 mph, massively inconveniencing her family and anyone else
Was riding with her somewhere and she started going "oh god slow down slow down please" and the driver was like

Was 100% for attention, later she stopped doing that and was on to something else