{
  "id": 5219230,
  "title": "Black market darts are up, but smoking is down. Is Hanson’s excise plan crazy now?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/black-market-darts-are-up-but-smoking-is-down-is-hansons-excise-plan",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T01:16:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/03/smoking-black-market-tobacco-excise-pauline-hanson/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number of smokers buying black market darts continues to rise. Meanwhile, smoking remains on the decline. It makes the question of reducing the cigarette excise fascinating. The post Black market darts are up, but smoking is down. Is Hanson’s excise plan crazy now? appeared first on Crikey .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}