That's INSANE!!! I bet a lot of people are addicted to the artificial ingredients in that crap....
One thing I've noticed for a very long time: I RARELY see healthy looking people drinking diet sodas....
As someone who is very conscious of what goes in my body I might have two sodas a month (and they have no artificial anything... I'm happy to buy the expensive stuff w real sugar and real ingredients that are organic and non-gmo)