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Artificial sweeteners. Everyone is so obsessed with whether or not they cause cancer that their other potential effects get much less attention. There's a major industry push to keep them on the shelves, and we still have only recently discovered the gut microbiome.
Sugar is worse.
Well yes, and cigarettes are worse than vaping. But I hope you wouldn't encourage children to vape just because it's better than cigarettes, given there's a good deal we don't know and many mixed regulations/enforcements.
If I had kids I'd avoid giving them artificial sweeteners and excessive sugar. I don't judge parents who don't though.