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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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.
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The American Heart Association’s ‘Quit Lying’ Campaign Spreads Misinformation About E-Cigarettes
The American Heart Association's #quitlying campaign appears more geared toward funding anti-vaping advocacy than balanced, scientific research.
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Trump’s Decision to Back Away From Vaping Ban Is the Right Policy
The decision not to prohibit e-cigarette flavors is the correct public health decision and economic policy.
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Evidence Shows Soda Taxes Have Not Reduced Obesity
As Washington, DC, proposes a soda tax, it is hard to overstate the abject failure of soda taxes to deliver on their promised benefits.
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CDC Started a Vaping Panic, Now It’s Admitting Vitamin E Acetate In Illegal Products Is to Blame
The deaths and lung illnesses being associated with vaping have nothing to do with legal nicotine e-cigarettes.
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The Public Health Case for E-Cigarette Flavors
Legal e-cigarettes are 95 percent safer than combustible cigarettes and are the most popular tool used by Americans to quit smoking.
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President Trump’s Vaping Ban Is Bad Policy and Could Get Worse
What will happen to those who continue to produce and sell flavored vapes after prohibition?
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Massachusetts Gov. Baker’s Ban of All E-Cigarettes Is Bad For Public Health
Every credible scientific investigation has found vaping nicotine to be dramatically safer than smoking.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Heated Tobacco Products
On the balance of the available evidence, the dangers of impeding IQOS as a tool to help smokers quit far outstrips any possible threat it could pose to public health.
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Separating Fact From Fiction on Vaping, E-Cigarettes and Lung Illnesses
The exact cause of this recent outbreak has yet to be determined but a clear pattern has emerged in terms of what these patients have been vaping and the common factor appears to be cannabis oils and other contaminants, not legal e-cigarette products.
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Nicotine and Harm Reduction Newsletter – September 2019
The FDA is renewing its push to place graphic warnings on cigarette packages, Michigan is the first state to ban the sale of non-tobacco e-cigarette flavors, and more.
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Why Nobody Cares About Teen Smoking
The number of teen smokers has fallen to almost negligible levels, according to the latest survey data.
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FDA Is Imposing Moral Preferences Under the Guise of Science
Consumer surplus is the difference between what consumers pay for a product and what they are willing to pay.
