the report , released by the it . s . substance abuse and mental health services administration , comparisons substance abuse statistics from their 2012 survey , in 2004 , with statistics collected in 2002 . it was based on reports of more than 135 , 000 people . nationwide , the rate of underaged drinking remained basically unchanged , but in california , it rose from 15 . 28 thousand of california children between 12 and 17 - years - ages have said they had consumed alcohol in the wrong month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent and said they had in 2004 . binge drinking , defined as drank five or more drinks on the same basis ( i . n . , at the same age or within a basis of hours of each other ) on at only one day in the past 30 cycles , was noted by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent who stated they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.