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PREGNANCY
Get help to quit
smoking and drinking
I
f you are pregnant and still
smoke or drink, now is the
time to quit. Both alcohol and
tobacco can hurt your health and
harm your unborn baby too.
Smoking exposes you and
your baby to
dangerous
chemicals.
And when you
drink, the same
amount of alcohol that is in your
blood goes into your baby’s blood.
But a baby’s body can’t break down
alcohol like yours can.
As a result, your baby could:
Be born too early.
Be born with birth defects.
Have lifelong learning problems.
No shame in asking for help.
If you are having trouble quitting,
ask for help. Your provider can:
Help you make a
plan for quitting.
Give you quit aids
to help you deal with
cigarette cravings.
Help you nd a support group.
Focus on your reason for
quitting: that tiny baby that will
soon be born. Now is the perfect
time to start fresh.
Sources: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; March of Dimes
Focus on your reason
for quitting.
E-cigarettes:
Know the danger
E-cigarettes look and feel like real
cigarettes. They’re often sold as
a way to quit smoking. They’re
also sold as a way to “smoke” in
places where it’s not allowed.
But they may be bad for your
health like real cigarettes.
That’s because e-cigarettes:
Contain nicotine.
Have
chemicals in them that may cause
cancer.
Are not approved by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
to help you quit smoking.
Want to quit smoking? Your
provider can help find a safe
method that will work for you.
Help stop fraud!
Health care fraud costs a lot of
money. Government figures say that
10 cents of each dollar spent on
health care is based on fraud. You
can help stop this.
WHAT IS FRAUD?
It’s fraud if you
or someone else:
Shares his or her Kern Family
Health Care (KFHC) member ID
card with someone else.
Gives wrong information on forms.
Visits more than one doctor and
pharmacy for the same drug.
Tries to get benefits that he or
she is not entitled to get.
Do you know someone doing these
things? Please do the right thing.
Call KFHC’s Member Services
Department at
661-632-1590
or
toll-free at
800-391-2000
. Ask for
the Compliance Department.
KFHC mailing address: 9700 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311
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