Guy Bentley
Director of Consumer Freedom , Reason Foundation
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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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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Testimony: New Hampshire Should Reject Proposed Ban on Flavored Vaping Products
The prohibition of flavored e-cigarette products could harm public health and fail to achieve its purpose.
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Testimony: Maryland’s Flavored Tobacco Ban Could Have Negative Public Health, Criminal Justice Ramifications
The prohibition will most likely promote further inequalities in the criminal justice system, push tax revenue to surrounding states, increase the illicit tobacco trade, and fail to improve public health.
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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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South Dakota Ballot Initiative Analysis: Amendment B (2020)
South Dakota's Amendment B would legalize sports betting in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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Colorado Ballot Initiative Analysis: Proposition EE (2020)
Proposition EE would raise taxes on cigarettes and tobacco and create a new tax on nicotine to cover products such as e-cigarettes.
