the report , released by the s . s . sex abuses and mental disorder services administration , comparing single abuse statistics from their latest estimate , in 2004 , with scores gather in 2002 . it was founded on interview of more than 135 , 000 people . nationwide , the rate of underaged drinking remained basically unchanged , but in 2004 , it rose from 15 . 28 thousand of california children between 12 and 17 - years - old who said they had absorbed drink in the past night in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent who reported they had in 2004 . socializing drinking , identified as drinking five or more alcohol on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same time or within a couple of days of each other ) on at every one day in the past 30 episodes , was reported by 10 . 27 share of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 most whoever said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.