Guy Bentley
Director of Consumer Freedom, Reason Foundation
Guy Bentley is director of consumer freedom at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Bentley's research focuses on the taxation and regulation of nicotine, tobacco, alcohol, food, and marijuana.
Prior to joining Reason Foundation, Bentley served as a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation covering e-cigarettes, tobacco, food, alcohol, and the public health movement. He also worked for the London-based business and finance newspaper City A.M. with a focus on tobacco, gambling, and vapor products. He was also a contributor to the 2016 Adam Smith Institute report Sinnovation: How markets can solve public health problems - but government gets in the way.
Bentley's work has been featured in USA Today, Forbes, Time, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, The New York Post, and many other publications in the US and UK.
Bentley graduated with a bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Nottingham and is currently based in Washington D.C.
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FDA Is Imposing Moral Preferences Under the Guise of Science
Consumer surplus is the difference between what consumers pay for a product and what they are willing to pay.
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Congressional Hearing Ignores What’s Best for Public Health, Embraces Myths About Vaping
Most public health experts acknowledge vaping is safer than smoking and is effective at helping smokers quit.
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Regulators are Getting Away With Mass Constitutional Violations
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the specifics of each particular regulation, it is vital that they are issued in line with the Constitution.
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Albany’s Proposed Flavored Tobacco Ban Misses the Mark
There's no reason why one of the safest and most popular alternatives to smoking can't be kept on the market for adults but kept out of the hands of kids.
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San Francisco Protects Cigarettes To Own The Vapers
In San Francisco, vaping is public enemy number one.
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E-Cigarettes Not In The Same Category As Cigarettes
Adult smokers have the right to know there are safer alternatives.
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Reduce Teen Vaping, But Don’t Worsen Public Health
Banning e-cigarette flavors in Connecticut would risk significantly reducing the important, proven health improvements e-cigarettes can deliver to smokers and society.
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The FDA Is Hurtling Toward a Historic Mistake on E-Cigarettes
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is threatening "unprecedented" action against America's most popular tool to quit smoking.
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California’s Plan to Ban Vaping Flavors would Hurt Public Health
California legislators are proposing a bill to ban the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes in retail stores and vending machines.