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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E-Cigarette Flavors are Good for Public Health. Why is the FDA Cracking Down on Them?
The FDA's actions point toward further increasing the burden on e-cigarettes, while failing to embrace their full potential to save lives.
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The FDA’s Assault on Vaping is a Gift to Big Tobacco
Tobacco stocks surged Wednesday on news the FDA could ban all e-cigarette flavors.
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When it Comes to Vaping, Throw Precaution to the Wind
Despite waves of hysterical media coverage verging on moral panic, there is precious little evidence to suggest an "epidemic" of teen vaping is sweeping high schools.
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E-Cigarette Tariffs are a Threat to Public Health
Vapersn are set to join the list of consumers and businesses bracing themselves for the impact of the Trump's tariffs.
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The FDA Must Resist the Irrational Fear of Vaping
The FDA must recognize that regulating too much can be just as lethal as regulating too little.
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California Needs to Hurry up and Get in the Sports Gambling Game
Other states are moving quickly.
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California Needs to Hurry Up and Get in the Sports Gambling Game
California should join the growing movement to legalize sports gambling
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The Elusive ‘Epidemic’ of Teen Taping
Few health stories garner so much hyperbolic or uncritical coverage as the claim that e-cigarettes are a "gateway" to smoking.
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D.C. Should Place a High Wager on Sports Betting
The District could and should be among the first to seize the opportunities presented by legal sports betting.