Kern Family Health Care | Family Health | Spring 2020

FAMILY HEALTH 5 KFHC mailing address: 2900 Buck Owens Blvd., Bakersfield, CA 93308 A tobacco product used to smoke e-liquids that contain nicotine, CBD or marijuana. Can an e-cigarette help me quit? E-cigarettes are not FDA- regulated smoking cessation products. Many users claim that they quit smoking with the help of e-cigarettes. But when a user continues to use the devices years later, they have only changed one device for another. Kern Family Health Care offers cessation tools like nicotine patches, gum and quitting counselors over the phone. Do e-liquids have zero nicotine? E-liquids that claim zero nicotine Asthma care Follow-up care Members who attend a Kern Family Health Care (KFHC) asthma class and have asthma will receive follow-up calls from KFHC. These calls will happen at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after attending the series. These follow-up calls are designed to assess your asthma control. During a follow-up call, you may be asked: y  y Have you seen your doctor about your asthma? y  y Do you have a completed asthma action plan? y  y Do you have a spacer for your asthma inhaler? y  y Are you using your rescue inhaler more than two times per week? If yes, this may be a sign of out-of-control asthma. We can offer resources to help you control your asthma, such as asthma classes, in-home asthma education, help finding a doctor and more. To learn more, call 800-391-2000 and ask for the Health Education Department. What is an e-cigarette? have been proven to have traces of nicotine. E-cigarettes are just water vapor, right? The smoke (aerosol) from e-liquids contains nicotine, heavy metals, and other harmful chemicals that have small particles that can settle in the lungs. Secondhand aerosol can be absorbed through the skin. The flavorings alone can cause lung tissue damage. Sources: Kern County Public Health Department; National Institutes of Health Kern Family Health Care complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. ATTENTION: If you speak a language other than English, language assistance services, free of charge, are available to you. Call 800-391-2000 (TTY: 711 ). ATENCIÓN: Si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 800-391-2000 (TTY: 711 ). 注意：如果您使用繁體中 文 ， 您可以免費獲得語言 援助服務。請致電 800-391-2000 (TTY: 711 ) 。