Tobacco drug (8)

I believe the answer is:

nicotine

(Other definitions for nicotine that I've seen before include "Tobacco toxin" , "Material found in tobacco used as an insecticide" , "Poisonous substance in tobacco" , "Active constituent in tobacco" , "Once in it, strangely, one smokes it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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