SEFT is, in short, a form of therapy that involves the tapping of several points on our body to alleviate or reduce physical or emotional pain from our body. It is a very simple technique, at a glance, yet its simplicity belies the inner workings of this technique. 

As my level of understanding does not go beyond its practical usage, I simply cannot explain its inner workings yet. However, personally I have tried it on two voluntary smokers, on two separate occasions; both of whom wished to put an end to their affair with addiction.

The first person had been a cig addict for three years. He hated smoking before, he hated it because his father smoked. However, pressure from his family and work made him escape to smoking. Initially, after sniffing on an unlighted cig in my office, his urgency rating to smoke a puff was put as a considerable 7. After a few cycles of tapping, he said it only went down to a mere 6.

I asked the question again, after a couple of cycles later. He said it went from initially after sniffing, "I have to smoke you now!" - and after the last cycle and sniffing the cig, to a mellow "I can live without smoking."

I then shifted focus to the stress he felt with his family, asking him to replay any specific incident that may cause the negative emotion. After a few cycles it went from an intensity rating of 8 to 5. Then we stopped.

As for the second person, he had no emotional problems related to his cig addiction. He just started smoking in his teens because it made him feel macho which he grew out of. This time I had him sniff the cig and asked how delicious it feels -and got an intensity rating of 8. After 3 rounds or so, I asked him to sniff and rate it again. The result - he felt nauseated. I continued for another 2 rounds and the result went down to intensity of 4, and he felt that he could not smoke the cig. However, he has a history of being able to put off smoking for some time until the addiction kicks in. So, we stopped at that and I told him to call me whenever he feels the worst of it.

Please note that all the numbers involved are interpretations of the person themselves, not a number I pulled out of my hat. So far, I am happy that I could help, but believe if I had known a better approach these sessions could end up a bit more happier for me and them.