the report , released by the u . s . substance dependence and mental health services administration , included with abused statistics from their original estimates , in 2004 , with statistics collected in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 parents . geographically , the rate of underaged drank remained largely unchanged , but in california , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of california children between 12 and 17 - years - and who claimed they had consumed liquor in the previous month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent which said they had in 2004 . binge drinking , defined as drinking three or more drunk on the same basis ( i . e . , at the same rate or within a basis of weeks of each other ) on at least one day in the past 30 days , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent who said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.