the survey , recorded by the u . s . substance abuse and mental health care department , compared substance abuse statistics from their latest survey , in 2004 , with records collected in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 people . overseas , the rate of underaged drinking appeared basically unchanged , but in california , it jumped from 15 . 28 percent of california children between 12 and 17 - years - , who said they had consumed substance in the last one in 2002 , to 16 . 81 centimeters of said they had in 2004 . binge addiction , defined as downing five or more substances on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same time or within a lot of hours of each other ) on at least per person in the past 30 days , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent who told they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.