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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How the Spending Bill Can Save Lives: End the War on Vaping
Congress must act to put the breaks on e-cigarette prohibition and prevent hundreds of thousands of needless deaths.
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The Reality Behind the ‘Big Sugar’ Conspiracy Theory
Soda is the new smoking.
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FDA Sued Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Rule that Threatens E-Cigarette Businesses
Food and Drug Administration rules threatening the survival of America's independent e-cigarette industry could be overturned if a new lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Pacific Legal Foundation proves successful.
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Why D.C.’s Proposed $2-a-Pack Increase in Cigarette Taxes is Wrong
The proposal to increase the District’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack may be one of the few tax hikes that could command more friends than enemies, but the D.C. Council should think twice before adopting the policy.
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Landmark E-Cigarette Report Explodes Myth that Vaping Is as Toxic as Smoking
A new report on the public health consequences of e-cigarettes finds there is conclusive evidence that e-cigarettes are less dangerous than regular cigarettes, and smokers who switch to vaping will reduce their exposure to lethal toxicants and carcinogens.
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Seattle’s Soda Tax Experiment Is Doomed to Fail
Seattle's press is abuzz with stories of sticker shock after residents headed to the grocery stores Jan. 1 and found the price of soda had skyrocketed thanks to the city's tax on sweetened beverages.