the report , received by the state . s . substance abuse and mental health services administration , included substance abuse statistics from their latest estimates , in 2004 , with statistics obtained in 2002 . it was based on photographs of more than 135 , 000 people . nationwide , the number of underaged alcoholism remaining basically unchanged , but in california , it rose from 15 . 28 percent of county children between 12 and 17 - years - old all said they had had alcohol in the previous quarter in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percent who said they had in 2004 . splurge drinking , defines as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion ( i . t . , at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other ) on at some one day in the past 30 day , was described by 10 . 27 percent of families in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 percent who said they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.