the report , released by the u . s . substances administration and social hygiene services program , compared sex abuse statistics from their final survey , in 2004 , with statistics released in 2002 . it was relying on interviews of more than 135 , 000 persons . nationwide , the rate of underaged drinking remained substantially unaffected , but in colorado , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of massachusetts kids between 12 and 17 - years - 18 with told they had consumed substance in the previous month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent who said they had in 2004 . binges drinking , defined as drinking 20 or more drinks on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other ) on at least one day in the past 30 days , was described by 10 . 27 percent of teens in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 million who wrote they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.