Guy Bentley
Director of Consumer Freedom Research, Reason Foundation
Guy Bentley is the director of consumer freedom research at Reason Foundation. Bentley's research focuses on the taxation and regulation of nicotine, tobacco, alcohol, and food.
Before joining Reason Foundation, Bentley served as a reporter in London and Washington D.C.
Bentley's work has been featured in The Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes, Time, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, The New York Post, and other publications in the U.S. and U.K.
Bentley graduated with a bachelor's degree in politics and international relations from the University of Nottingham and is based in Washington D.C.
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Californians Get to Vote on State’s Ban of Flavored Tobacco Products
In the Nov. 2022 election, Californians will decide whether to ban the sale of nearly all flavored tobacco products.
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Maryland Should Reject Unfair and Ineffective Flavored Tobacco Ban
A ban on flavored tobacco products could negatively impact public health and criminal justice reforms in Maryland.
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The Failures of Flavored Tobacco Bans
Massachusetts is learning how ineffective its ban on all flavored tobacco products has been.
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In 2020, Congress Replaced the War on Marijuana With a War on Flavored Tobacco Products
The House of Representatives just got it right on marijuana. On tobacco, the good news is that vaping dropped dramatically this year and youth smoking is at historic lows.
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The Negative Impacts of Massachusetts’ Flavored Tobacco Ban
Cigarette sales skyrocketed in neighboring states and the new black market will result in more overpolicing of minority communities.
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Washington, D.C.’s Initiative 81 Represents Progress Towards Ending the War on Drugs
The ballot initiative demands the use, possession, and cultivation of small amounts of entheogenic plants like magic mushrooms be downgraded to law enforcement's lowest priority.
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How the FDA Is Saving the Cigarette
The traditional cigarette will receive the greatest boost it has gotten in many years thanks to federal law and a federal agency that is supposed to be focused on the protection of public health.
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Watch Experts Discuss How Unintended Consequences of Vaping Bans Hurt Public Health
Vaping prohibitions also contribute to over-criminalization and the over-policing of minority communities in your city and state.
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Cigarette Sales Increase as Vaping Bans Push People Back to Smoking
Many public health experts warned that banning vaping flavors would result in more adults smoking cigarettes.