nicotinist

Noun

nicotinist (plural nicotinists)

1. (obsolete, rare) One who is addicted to nicotine, the alkaloid found in tobacco.
   • Nicotinists. Smokers, it is said, are invariably polite to each other, wheresoever they be–on the penny steamboat, the two-penny tramcar, the three-penny bus, and elsewhere.1879 July, The North Middlesex Magazine, page 15
   • Indeed, it seems very probable that in many cases smoking is done, not because of the real enjoyment which comes from the practice, but because it has become a habit which the nicotinist cannot break himself of.1914, “Our Tobacco: Its Cost”, in The Unpopular Review, volume 1, page 159