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Jared Meyer

Fellow

Manhattan Institute

Jared Meyer is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. His research interests include microeconomic theory and the economic effects of government regulations. He is the coauthor with Diana Furchtgott-Roth of Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young (Encounter Books, May 2015), and the author of Uber-Positive: Why Americans Love the Sharing Economy (Encounter Books, May 2016). Meyer has testified before the House Republican Policy Committee, House Budget Committee, Joint Economic Committee, House Education and Workforce Committee, and House Judiciary Committee. He is a regular contributor to The Federalist, CapX, Forbes, and Reason.

Blog Posts

Government puts tobacco interests above a billion lives

October 28, 2016
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Lobbying & Special Interests

This century, The World Health Organization estimates that one billion people will die early from smoking cigarettes. Despite governments spending billions of dollars on tobacco control, and decades of programs designed to help smokers quit, the number of cigarette smokers worldwide continues to increase. But there is hope. Vapor technology found in e-cigarettes offers smokers their best chance to quit by using products that are at least 95 percent safer than cigarettes. Vapor technology does not require burning tobacco, so it can deliver nicotine—the chemical that makes cigarettes