the report , released by the u . s . substance abuse and other state services administration , compared substance abuse scores from their latest survey , in 2004 , with statistics collected in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 persons . elsewhere , the proportion of underaged drinking remains basically unchanged , but in california , it increased from 15 . 28 percent of county children between 12 and 17 - month - old whose said they had consumed alcohol in the previous month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 , who claim they had in 2004 . binge drinking , defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same time or within a pair of hours of each other ) on at least one time in the past 30 month , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 most i said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.