It's not clear at all why. Moderate drinkers may live longer than average, but i really doubt your teetotaler statement. - http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70

It's not clear at all why. Moderate drinkers may live longer than average, but i really doubt your teetotaler statement. - http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705377709/UCLA-study-proves-Mormons-live-longer.html?pg=all http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705377709/UCLA-study-prov... The cause is the tricky part. Perhaps moderate drinkers have a more active social live, thus having a larger support group for getting through difficult times. Perhaps they take a moment to reflect on their lives at the end of the day, thus making slightly better choices than their peers (pipe smoking, aside from smoking itself, might fall into this category http://www.seattlepipeclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=969877&module_id=17020 http://www.seattlepipeclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_...) Perhaps having wine over dinner, means meals are more thoughtful, increasing quality of food and improving quality of discussion around dinner, improving family life. Alcohol is bad for you. Perhaps in low regular doses there are some beneficial chemical effects, but what would you put that probability at .05? .1? Far more likely is a halo of other effects that come with the consumption environment.