Guy Bentley is the director of consumer freedom 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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Congress Should Repeal Sports Gambling Ban, Let California Chart its Own Path
Southern California is now home to two NFL teams. But if you want to bet on those teams, you’ll have to go to Las Vegas.
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Michael Bloomberg Wasted $10 Million Trying to Convince Chicago-Area Cook County to Keep its Soda Tax
Residents of Cook County, Ill. are celebrating a much-needed win for consumer freedom with the Board of Commissioners opting to repeal the sweetened beverage tax in a landslide vote of 15-2.
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The FDA Has a Golden Opportunity to Save Smokers’ Lives
Back in July, the Food and Drug Administration committed itself to a new strategy to tackling smoking.
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Gambling is Good for Us (At Least Economically)
Every major sporting event and the surge of betting that accompanies it serves to highlight the absurd state of America's outdated and counterproductive prohibition on sports betting.
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One Way the FDA Can Demonstrate It Is Serious About Saving Lives
Smokers deserve access to safer, noncombustible nicotine products, and the public and health professionals need information about the relative risks of different products.
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Comment to FDA on Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application
The MRTP pathway is critically important toward reducing the toll of smoking on the U.S. population.
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How the Race in Tobacco Innovation is a Win for Public Health
Heat Not Burn (HNB), a new line of nicotine-free products by Tobacco Companies, reach out to a new demographic of smokers who are health conscious.
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Why Banning Vaping Products Hurts Public Health
Vaping bans are harmful to the goal of reducing smoking.