the report , released by the u . s . alcoholism addict and mentally health services administration , compared substance use statistics from their latest survey , in 2004 , with statistics collected in 2002 . it was based on interviews of more than 135 , 000 families . internationally , the rate of underaged eating kept basically intact , but in california , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of california youths between 12 and 17 - as - old who said they had taken alcohol in the previous month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent than mentioned they had in 2004 . binge drinking , measured as having five or more beverages on the same occasion ( i . u . , at the same time or within a couple of days 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 percentage who said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.