A freshman bought her first pack of cigarettes at a gas station near campus, and she’s not going to get trapped into the habit like her friends; she’s just going to buy 10,000 packs and then stop.

“Not a lot of people have willpower like I do, you know,” said Lacey Krings, the 18-year-old smoker.

Unlike her friends who are “so clearly addicted,” Krings said she plans to keep her smoking to a bare minimum.

“Those guys I met smoking outside Abel Hall are the worst, it’s like, can they not go 45 minutes without a smoke?” she said.

“I keep my smoking to the absolute minimum. Like, maybe I’ll light one up on my way to class, or after class, or after dinner,” Krings said.

“Or before I go to bed at night,” she added, “or when I wake up in the morning, or after a nap, or when I’m drinking.”

However, Krings said she is not addicted, because she almost never buys cigarettes.

“Some people say that once you buy a pack, there’s no going back, but I’m going to prove them wrong,” Krings said.

“So I’m just going to buy 10,000 packs, and then quit, just like that! Just crumple up the pack and call it good. Heck, I might not even smoke the whole 10,000, it’ll just depend on my mood I guess,” she said.

Even Krings’ friends agree, if anyone would be able to just buy 10,000 packs and quit, it’d be her.

“She’s not that heavy of a smoker, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see her just stop one day,” said Garth Higgins, a friend from Krings’ introductory art history lecture.

“She almost never smokes. Like, pretty much just when she’s driving, or after she watches a movie,” he said.

“Or after she finishes a chapter in the book she’s reading, or after she passes a milestone in her homework, or waiting for her friends to come over, or any time she’s outside, or if she’s at a party.”

“And sometimes she just needs a quick five minute break, you know? College life is stressful,” Higgins said.