the article , released by the u . s . liquor abuse and physical health services agencies , combined liquor abuse statistics from their latest survey , in 2004 , with reports collected in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 people . nationwide , the rate of underaged people remained basically unaffected , but in california , it climbed from 15 . 28 percentage of california children between 12 and 17 - years - old who said they had drunk alcohol in the current month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 centimeters they said they had in 2004 . binge drinking , identified as drinking five or more things on the same occasions ( i . e . , at the same location or within a couple of hours of each other ) on at some one day in the past 30 days , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent people said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.