(Reuters) - Swine flu has not yet hit Lebanon but is threatening a national custom. Lebanese should stop greeting each other with kisses to the cheek, Health Minister Mohammad Khalifeh told a news conference on Tuesday called to explain measures to tackle the potential spread of the deadly strain.

"If you visit someone, don't exchange kisses,  Let's stop the social kissing habit," Khalifeh said. Lebanese have long greeted each other with three kisses to the cheek.

Other measures include keeping school children with flu at home and avoiding travel to countries where the virus has appeared. The new strain of swine flu has killed up to 149 people in Mexico. Israel, which borders Lebanon to the south, on Tuesday confirmed a case of the virus.

(Reporting by Nadim Ladki, editing by Paul Casciato)

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they have a kissing culture. They're being told to stop doing so in the interests of national safety.

Now, in a similar situation, would Nigerians be willing to drop some aspects of their own culture if its endangering to the public?

Most likely not- some would even attack the person sounding the alarm.

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they have a kissing culture. They're being told to stop doing so in the interests of national safety.

Now, in a similar situation, would Nigerians be willing to drop some aspects of their own culture if its endangering to the public?

Most likely not- some would even attack the person sounding the alarm.

. . . .and the article did not state their reactions too.They might have reacted the same way like Nigerians