Husband Asks Big Favor of Cigarette-Addicted Wife

PITTSBURGH, Pa. —  Sometimes you have to turn up the heat to get someone to kick the habit.

Morris Stahl of Swissvale, Pa., is paying $300 a month to rent a huge billboard that urges his wife to give up smoking.

“We love you Phyllis, please stop smoking,” says the sign, seen by hundreds of motorists every day.

Morris Stahl said his wife had heart surgery two years ago but still has not quit smoking. “She’s been smoking three packs of cigarettes a day for the past 15 years. The family wants her to quit,” he said.