去年11月苹果从其应用商店中删除了电子烟应用程序，使得联网便携式烟草雾化器的卖家损失了可能一半的市场。这些电子烟设备允许用户通过其智能手机，平板电脑或计算机上的蓝牙连接的应用程序，以更改设置。
苹果和其他iOS设备的用户构成了全球超过50％的智能设备市场。苹果公司决定删除电子烟应用程序时，对数百万用户造成了影响。仅Google保留了供安卓用户使用的应用程序。
现在，美国PAX Labs公司已启动PAX Web应用程序，该应用程序可将PAX设备连接到苹果电脑和其它电脑端，前提是都必须使用Chrome浏览器。截止到昨天，三款流行的PAX雾化器（PAX 3烟草雾化器以及PAX Era和Era Pro）都可以与苹果电脑完全连接。另外，其它电脑端用户仅限与Era Pro连接。

如用户所知，PAX 3的板载控件有限，用户需要用到应用程序来自定义温度或锁定设备。Era连接后，跟PodID一样，具备独立验证设备来源和真实性的功能，甚至包含大麻的详细信息。从去年11月开始，新的PAX客户被限制使用设备内置的设置功能。PAX Web App可以恢复由于苹果禁令而丢失的所有控件。
苹果应用商店审查指令于去年秋天进行了更改，以响应新的反电子烟政策。但是，这家科技巨头两年多以前就已经宣布，将不再接受新的电子烟应用程序。3019年的政策变更阻止了该公司更新其现有应用程序。
更新后的指令说：“在应用商店中，禁止使用鼓励烟草消费的产品、电子烟产品、非法药物或过量酒精的应用。” “禁止鼓励未成年人食用任何这些物质的应用。禁止为销售大麻，烟草或受控物质（获得许可的药房除外）提供便利。”
今年早些时候，大麻电子烟制造商Storz＆Bickel为其连接的雾化器设计了类似的网络解决方案。但是，大多数高端大麻电子烟（如Firefly和DaVinci）的客户都被迫使用安卓设备，别无他法。
PAX Announces a Workaround for Apple Users
When Apple removed vaping apps from its App Store last November, sellers of connected portable dry herb vaporizers were faced with the likely loss of half their market. Those vapes allow users to change device settings using an app connected via the Bluetooth connection on their smartphone, tablet or computer.
Users of iPhones and other iOS-based devices make up a major part of the smart device market—more than 50 percent worldwide. When Apple decided to remove apps that allow users to change settings on their cannabis vapes, it impacted millions of users. (Google kept the apps available for Android customers.)
Now PAX Labs has launched the PAX Web App, which connects PAX devices to both Macs and PC’s (both must use the Chrome browser). As of yesteRDAy, all three popular PAX devices—the PAX 3 dry herb vaporizer, and the PAX Era and Era Pro pod-based cannabis oil vapes—can be connected with full functionality to a Mac. For now, PC users are limited to using the app with the Era Pro.
As users know, the PAX 3 has limited onboard controls, and users need the app to set custom temperatures or to lock the device. The Era, when connected, has the unique ability to verify the source and authenticity (and even details on the weed strain) of attached pods with its PodID feature. Since last November, new PAX customers were limited to using the settings built in to the devices. The PAX Web App brings back all the controls lost because of Apple’s prohibitionist policy.
Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines were changed last fall to reflect the new anti-vaping policy. But the tech giant had already announced it would no longer accept new vaping apps from content developers more than two years earlier. The 3019 policy change blocked companies from updating their existing apps.
“Apps that encourage consumption of tobacco and vape products, illegal drugs, or excessive AMOunts of alcohol are not permitted on the App Store,” say the updated guidelines. “Apps that encourage minors to consume any of these substances will be rejected. Facilitating the sale of marijuana, tobacco, or controlled substances (except for licensed pharmacies) isn’t allowed.”
Earlier this year, luxury cannabis vape manufacturer Storz & Bickel designed a similar web-based solution for its connected vaporizers. But customers of most high-end weed vapes—like Firefly and DaVinci—are stuck with using an Android device or nothing.
这些电子烟设备允许用户通过其智能手机，平板电脑或计算机上的蓝牙连接的应用程序，以更改设置。    NowPAXLabshaslaunchedthePAXWebApp,whichconnectsPAXdevic…