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COLUMBIA (WACH / AP) - Small knives, hockey sticks and golf clubs are among items that will soon be allowed in airline passengers' carry-on bags.

According to the Transportation Security Administration, the decision to allow previously banned items is part of an overall "Risk-Based Security approach, which allows TSA officers to better focus their efforts on finding higher threat items such as explosives."

The following items will be allowed in carry-on bags beginning April 25: 

- Small Pocket Knives – Small knives with non-locking blades smaller than 2.36 inches and less than 1/2 inch in width will be permitted
- Small Novelty Bats and Toy Bats
- Ski Poles
- Hockey Sticks
- Lacrosse Sticks
- Billiard Cues
- Golf Clubs (Limit Two)

These similar items will still remain on the prohibited items list:

- Razor blades and box cutters will remain prohibited in carry-on luggage.
- Full-size baseball, softball and cricket bats are prohibited items in carry-on luggage.