the report , published by the it . s . substance harm and mental health affairs administration , compared substance abuse statistics from their latest survey , in 2004 , with numbers compiled in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 respondents . nationwide , the rate of underaged drinking remained basically constant , but in california , it rose from 15 . 28 reports of california kids between 12 and 17 - years - , who said they had consumed alcohol in the next month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 % having confirmed they had in 2004 . binge drinking , defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same birthday ( i . h . , at the same time or without a matter of hours of each other ) on at least one person in the past 30 hours , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent which wrote they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.