Inhaler for smokers eager to play with it etc, (1-9)

I believe the answer is:

e-cigarette

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'inhaler for smokers' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'eager to play with it etc' is the wordplay.
'to play with' is an anagram indicator.
'it'+'etc'='itetc'
'eager' mixed up with 'itetc' gives 'E-CIGARETTE'.

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