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Rails about the girl's smoking choices (8)

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I think it could be either:

ethereal

cheroots

'smoking choices' is the definition.
(cheroot is a type of cigar)

'rails about the girl's' is the wordplay.
'rails' becomes 'coots' (coot is a kind of rail).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'the girl' becomes 'her' ('her' refers to a girl or woman).
'coots' enclosing 'her' is 'CHEROOTS'.

(Other definitions for cheroots that I've seen before include "small cigars" , "Cigars with both ends cut square" , "Square-ended cigars" , "Cigars with both ends cut flat" , "Cigars with both ends open" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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