A kiss is healthier than a Handshake!

A kiss could be safer for your health than the humble handshake. 

• A kiss or two on the cheek in greeting might seem a little too continental for some.
• But if you want to stay healthy it's time to pucker up.
• The continental-style peck on the cheek is far more hygienic than the trusty British handshake, according to health experts.
• While a quick air kiss - or two - somewhere in the cheek region is a relatively-germ free affair, hand-shaking it seems is another matter.
• No matter how clean one person keeps their hands, unfortunately there is just no guarantee that the person on the other end of the greeting maintains such stringent standards.
• And with flu and bugs like norovirus particularly rampant - a quick rinse under the tap is not enough.
• More than three million Britons called in sick last week. Many of them will have been infected after touching someone else's hands and might have been better off kissing friends and relatives instead.

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