the report , released by the u . s . liquor abuse and mental health services administration , comparisons other abuse statistics from their earlier research , in 2004 , with statistics collected in 2002 . it was founded on interviews of more than 135 , 000 people . nationwide , the rate of underaged beverages remained generally consistent , but in california , it climbed from 15 . 28 percent of california children between 12 and 17 - years - old who said they had consumed drink in the previous month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent who say they had in 2004 . binge taking , defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same time or after a couple of hours of each other ) on at least 1 day in the past 30 hours , was reported by 10 . 27 share of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percentage who said they binged in 2002 .
adolescents are prone to start smoking tobacco when little .