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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D.C. Should Place a High Wager on Sports Betting
The District could and should be among the first to seize the opportunities presented by legal sports betting.
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San Francisco, Flavored Vapes, and the Next Prohibition Disaster
If passed, Proposition E will prohibit not just the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars but also flavored e-cigarette products.
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Chuck Schumer Trades the War on Drugs for a War on Vaping
Nothing truly counts as a moral panic until Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appoints himself the head of it.
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Legalized Sports Betting: The Best Defense Against Corruption
The Supreme Court has given states the opportunity to improve sporting life in America.
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Prohibition All Over Again — This Time, for Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is taking the first step down a regulatory road that ends with prohibition.
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The Feds Ignore Facts in Crusade Against Smoking, and it’s Harmful to Consumers
FDA Commissioner Gottlieb is making headlines on slashing nicotine in cigarettes and regulating flavored tobacco products.
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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.