Cigarette's addictive element (8)

I believe the answer is:

nicotine

(Other definitions for nicotine that I've seen before include "Once in it (anag)" , "Once in it, strangely, one smokes it" , "Tobacco alkaloid" , "Chief constituent of tobacco" , "Chemical in cigarette" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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