the report , provided by the us . s . alcoholism care and mental health services organization , compared substances usage statistics from their current surveyed , in 2004 , with statistics collected in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 people . worldwide , the proportion of underaged drinking remained roughly unchanged , but in california , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of california men between 12 and 17 - years - and who said they had consumption alcohol in the current term in 2002 , to 16 . 81 cents which said they had in 2004 . sprees drinking , defined as eating five or more drinks on the same morning ( i . e . , at the same time or just a number of hours of each other ) on at any one subject in the past 30 days , was reported by 10 . 27 percent of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent anyone said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.