the report , released by the u . s . substance assault and mental disorders resources administration , compared with consumption statistics from their last survey , in 2004 , with statistics collecting in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 parents . internationally , the percentage of underaged drinking remained almost unchanged , but in california , it decreased from 15 . 28 percent of california children between 12 and 17 - seasons - aged who said they had consumed alcohol in the previous july in 2002 , to 16 . 81 % who said they had in 2004 . drunken liquor , classified as drank six or more drinks on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same moment or within a number of evenings of each other ) on at average one date in the previous 30 days , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent everyone said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.