Honestly, when I look at carbonated soft drinks all I see are legal drugs. That’s not to say I don’t dabble occasionally.
Seems to me like it’s fine to gulp down mass amounts of sugar freely while nicotine products are regulated to adults, understandably. But I’d wager that mass sugar intake is as deadly as smoking or vaping albeit without the same regulation.
I’ve always been a fan of pop, so this isn’t an attempt to preach about health and what not, but there’s a lot of hypocrisy and bodily damage done by the soft drinks industry, as much as I would expect it to be on par with the alcohol industry for standards and regulation.
I’m an alcoholic and an infrequent pop drinker so I have no dog in this fight. I would prefer that the dangers of pop consumption on a regular would be acknowledged for what it is; a harmful dietary option when consumed regularly.