the result , released by the u . s . liquor use and psychiatric hospital officials administration , compared substance related scores from their latest sample , in 2004 , with statistics compiled in 2002 . it was focused on interviews of more than 135 , 000 people . globally , the grade of underaged drinking remaining basically unchanged , but in 2004 , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of california children between 12 and 17 - years - long who said they had consumed whiskey in the previous week in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent who said they had in 2004 . binge drinking , defines as drink six or more alcohol on the same birthday ( i . e . , at the same time or only a couple of hours of each other ) on at least one day in the past 30 days , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of respondents in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent i said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.