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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Congressional Hearing on E-Cigarettes Descends Into a Moral Panic
The hearing was littered with scientific inaccuracies and scaremongering.
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As Congress Considers Vaping Ban, It Should Also Consider Public Health Benefits of E-Cigarettes
Hopefully, members of Congress and the industry officials will spend some time during the hearing examining the potential public health benefits e-cigarettes offer as a tool to help reduce the number of smokers in America.
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Does Menthol Cigarette Distribution Affect Child or Adult Cigarette Use?
If the strength of the association between menthol cigarettes and increased youth initiation is as strong as tobacco control activists suggest, there should be signs of it in the national data.
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What Would Actually Convince the Surgeon General Vaping Is Better Than Smoking?
Whenever the evidence suggests e-cigarettes may benefit public health, it is treated with extreme skepticism and never quite good enough to merit a word of recommendation from the Surgeon General.
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Instead of Vaping Bans, States Should Incorporate E-Cigarettes Into Long-Term Public Health Strategies
Banning all e-cigarette flavors is likely to cause more harm than good to public health since it would deny adult smokers access to a safer alternative to cigarettes.
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Michael Bloomberg’s E-Cigarette Ban Would Endanger Public Health
Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg announced his intention to ban the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes.
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The Trump Administration’s Ban of Flavored Vaping Cartridges Is Bad for Public Health
While Trump's policy isn't the worst possible outcome it's still a terrible blow for public health.
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The CDC Botched Its Vaping Investigation And Helped Spark A National Panic
Instead of conducting a reasonable investigation and giving consumers useful advice, CDC has been deliberately ambiguous and helped prompt a national panic.
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A Vaping Ban Would Be Bad Policy and Bad Politics
A full flavor prohibition is both unnecessary and unlikely to solve the teen vaping problem.