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Editorial: What's new this month? Volume 26, issue 3, May-June 2016

Authors
1 Dermatology Department,
Box 46,
Addenbrooke's Hospital,
Hills road,
Cambridge,
CB2 0QQ, UK
2 Dermatology Department,
Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos,
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central,
Alameda Santo António dos Capuchos 1169-050,
Lisbon,
Portugal
3 Department of Dermatology,
Venereology and Allergology,
University Hospital Wuerzburg,
Josef-Schneider-Str. 2,
97080 Wuerzburg,
Germany
4 Dermatology Department,
Hôpital Edouard Herriot,
Lyon,
France
5 Department of Dermatology and Venereology,
Hôpital de Beaumont,
Lausanne University Hospital Center,
Av. de Beaumont 29,
CH-1011 Lausanne,
Switzerland
6 Dermatology Department, General University Hospital “Gregorio Marañon”,
C/ Doctor Esquerdo 46,
28007 Madrid,
Spain and Dermatology Department, Clinica Dermatologica Internacional and Clinica Ruber,
Madrid,
Spain

Tobacco production workers are exposed to a wide array of irritant and/or sensitizing agents, and smokers, albeit to a much lesser degree, are exposed to many of the same substances. In this edition, Bonamonte et al. review tobacco and tobacco smoke as potential causes of contact dermatitis[1]. The authors review the literature regarding tobacco in terms of its manufacturing process, toxicity, irritancy, allergic potential and occupational and extra-occupational clinical aspects. They point out that [...]