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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
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Topic · social

Illicit Tobacco Trade

13 posts · 1,731 engagement · first seen 2 May 2026 · last seen 28 Jul 2026

The illicit tobacco trade refers to the smuggling, distribution, and consumption of untaxed or counterfeit tobacco products in New Zealand, encompassing related law-enforcement crackdowns, seizures, and policy debates over whether high excise taxes drive demand for black-market cigarettes.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 10 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

10%
90%
Supportive 1 Critical 9

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 10 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

20%
80%
Neutral 2 Negative 8

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • facebook
    4 posts · 1,211 engagement
    1,211
  • youtube
    3 posts · 275 engagement
    275
  • twitter
    3 posts · 245 engagement
    245

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.