." >> this report is brought to you by a grant from the connecticut tobacco & health trust fund. [ pop! thud! ] [ pop! pop! ] many towns and cities have laws preventing people from smoking in public places that are inside buildings and restaurants. but what about public places that are outside, like parks? we asked some teens in connecticut what they thought. >> i think that smoking should be banned in connecticut state park and public places because it can be dangerous for other people that are in the parks. >> i feel like there's a lot of kids out there and families that can just be going to go out and enjoy the scenery and have a nice day, and they don't want to have to have that health risk of secondhand smoke or have to deal with that kind of as a nuisance. and if it's something you do, you should kind of keep it to yourself, because it's not something the public wants. >> i have asthma. i don't want to inhale it and it gets worse. so i think they should just ban it in general. >> i think it should be illegal to smoke in public places, like parks, because it's really bad for the a