Figure 2.11 is a bar chart that depicts percentages of past month illicit drug use among youths aged 12 to 17 by their cigarette and alcohol use in 2002. Youths who had smoked cigarettes in the past month had used any illicit drug in the past month at the rate of 48.1 percent, whereas youths who had not smoked cigarettes in the past month had used any illicit drug in the past month at a rate of 6.2 percent. The use of any illicit drug is presented by severity of past month alcohol use. Sixty-seven percent of youths who had heavy alcohol use in the past month had used illicit drugs in the past month, 44.1 percent of youths who had binge but not heavy alcohol use in the past month had used illicit drugs in the past month, and 25.5 percent of youths who had used alcohol in the past month but not binge or heavy use had used illicit drugs in the past month. Only 5.6 percent of youths who did not drink alcohol in the past month used illicit drugs in the past month.