&lt;&lt; Says a habitual coffee drinker who came to the habit late in life, and who is very happy he&#x27;s moderately dependent on a substance which is highly unlikely to kill him &gt;&gt;<p>Coffee will do more than not kill you; it was recently found to confer a &quot;reduced risk of dying from heart disease and certain other causes&quot;!<p>&lt;&lt; Compared with abstainers, nonsmokers who drank a cup of coffee a day had a 6 percent reduced risk of death, one to three cups an 8 percent reduced risk, three to five cups a 15 percent reduced risk, and more than five cups a 12 percent reduced risk. There was little difference whether they drank caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee. The association persisted after controlling for age, alcohol consumption, B.M.I. and other health and diet factors. &gt;&gt;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;well.blogs.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;18&#x2F;coffee-tied-to-lower-risk-of-dying&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;well.blogs.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;18&#x2F;coffee-tied-to-lowe...</a>