Strike smoker, finding weapon (8)
I believe the answer is:
blowpipe
'weapon' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'strike smoker' is the wordplay.
'strike' becomes 'blow' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'smoker' becomes 'pipe'.
'blow'+'pipe'='BLOWPIPE'
'finding' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blowpipe that I've seen before include "Poison-dart tube" , "Weapon akin to peashooter" , "Primitive native weapon" , "Dart launcher" , "Primitive weapon held in the mouth" .)