Tobacco; US state (8)
I believe the answer is:
virginia
I believe this is a double definition.
'tobacco' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'us state' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
(Other definitions for virginia that I've seen before include "One of the Confederate States in the American Civil War" , "Variety of creeper, bright red in Autumn" , "state (in Havana)" , "Grin, Ivan, at the state" , "US state named in honour of Elizabeth I" .)