One cultural association mostly in credit in The Big Smoke (5)
I believe the answer is:
cigar
'smoke' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cigar that I've seen before include "Rolled tobacco leaf for smoking" , "Havana, say" , "Havana, for example" , "Corona, eg" , "Cylinder of tobacco" .)