[AdmiralAsshat]

One cannot help but wonder if the Soda industry is/will become the Tobacco industry of 50 years ago.

[prsimp]

While not limited to the Soda industry, this sentiment is expressed pretty vividly (even comparing testimony, marketing etc.) in the documentary Fed Up[1]. Worth a watch if this sort of thing is interesting to you and currently available on Netflix.

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381335/