the report , release by the u . s . substance dependence and psychological health care administrator , compared substance abuse scores from their latest survey , in 2004 , with statistics published in 2002 . it was based on polls of more than 135 , 000 people . initially , the rate of underaged people remained basically unchanged , but in california , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of california children between 12 and 17 - years - old who said they had consumed alcohol in the previous month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent he stated they had in 2004 . binge drinking , defined as drinking five or more substances on the same night ( i . e . , at the same time or between a couple of hours of each other ) on at least one day in the past 30 seconds , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 share who admitted they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.