His wife often------him to give up smoking,but he just didn'

C.advised
他老婆尝尝劝他戒烟,他就是不听.
advise sb to do sth建议某人做某事
suggest to do/that建议某人做某事
persuade sb to do sth劝说某人做某事（劝说成功）
manage to do sth试图努力做某事