I find this one interesting ...

[Cobra348]

I'm a smoker trying to quit. I have severe reactions to Chantix and so I'm trying other methods. Ennyhoo ...

Used to be one could purchase a car cigarette lighter at the local parts store without the 12v socket assembly. Idea being if the one your car had died, you could get a swap-in replacement.

Sooo ... I head to the local parts store to get one of these for the car. I select the one labeled "fits most cars including ... " with Ford in the list. Guess what? The 12v socket in Fiesta is wider in diameter than the diameter of that lighter! <chuckles>

I just find that a pretty darn good reason to not smoke in the car at all. And BTW, Cherri has not been smoked in. I can still smell lingering new-car-smell to this day.

[BondiBlue]

Trying to quit sucks. I did it 5 years or so ago. I went from 2 packs per day to nothing cold turkey. Worst two weeks of my life. You can do eet!

[Audrey]

Important thing is to keep trying to quit, even if you end up relapsing along the way. You can do it! After 5 years without smoking your chance for a stroke has gone back down to that of a non-smoker, after 6 months your chances for many heart related issues are greatly reduced (vs that of a smoker). My mom has quit smoking several times, and I know that after the first couple weeks she goes through a period of coughing for about 6-10 weeks. Her lungs clearing up a bit I guess. Anyway, good luck. I guess the Fiesta is giving you a sign. (:

[billnchristy]

I quit April 1, 2009.

Man those things stink after you stop.

My favorite part about quitting is that I can actually go out to a bar and get lit and smoke one or two and not get hooked, not sure why it has worked this way but it has.

It's not a common thing...maybe 5-6 times since 09 but I haven't craved one the next day like you would think.

I did a month of Chantix, that stuff was too expensive to do for 3mo.

Good luck man, it's all in your head!!

[Sterno]

Cobra ... I just quit two months ago. And the money I used to spend on cigs makes the payment on my Fiesta! Can't believe I was spending over $300/month on the damn things.

That's incentive enough right there ... not the mention the obvious health benefits.

[Norm201]

To address your original question, many cigarette car lighters were changed to a small size and installed within the ashtray assembly. Power ports on the other hand are the bigger size. I'm assuming a large lighter to fit power ports may be hard to come by since they are out of style. There are two standards A & B

12-V Sockets normally comply with SAE standard J563.
6-volt cigar lighter receptacle and plug

• Receptacle inside diameter: 21.34 - 21.46 mm (median 21.4 mm)
• Plug body diameter: 21.08 - 21.23 mm (median 21.155 mm)

12-volt cigar lighter receptacle and plug, size A

• Receptacle inside diameter: 20.93 - 21.01 mm (median 20.97 mm)
• Plug body diameter: 20.73 - 20.88 mm (median 20.805 mm)
• Most often used in American automobiles.

12-volt cigar lighter receptacle and plug, size B

• Receptacle inside diameter: 21.41 - 21.51 mm (median 21.455 mm)
• Plug body diameter: 21.13 - 21.33 mm (median 21.18 mm)
• Most often used in European automobiles, and sometimes as a second socket in American automobiles expressly for DC power connections.

Plugs often include a pilot light to indicate a connection has been made.

[Cobra348]

yeah ... I'm old enough to be getting the start of COPD and with Winter, it's pretty hard to get breathing right moreso. As for car payments, I own the 2 - paid cash up front.

But I certainly can think of other fun stuff to spend the cash on. I am down from 1-1/2 packs/day to about 1/2 pack. Should be interesting when I stop.