Item held by Paul McCartney on the celebrated cover of the album Abbey Road (9)

I believe the answer is:

cigarette

(Other definitions for cigarette that I've seen before include "Fag, smoke" , "Gasper" , "harmful in nature" , "Cylinder of tobacco" , "Tobacco wrapped in paper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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