the result , released by the u . s . substance abuse and human medical service management , compared substance addiction data from their latest survey , in 2004 , with statistical collection in 2002 . it was based on samples of more than 135 , 000 people . nationwide , the rate of underaged drinking remained basically unchanged , but in colorado , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of california children between 12 and 17 - years - old who said they had absorbed alcohol in the previous month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent who said they had in 2004 . alcohol drinking , defined as getting eight or more drinks on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same period or inside a drive of years of each other ) on at only one day in the past 30 days , was reported by 10 . 27 cent of students in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent which said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.