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other than the obvious lithium battery issue (within a cargo hold that is minimally or not pressurized), is that some vapers may have thrown their ecigs into checked bags forgetting to separate the atomizer from the battery or box mod. And if the batt or mod doesn't have an automatic cutoff or safety feature for the button, and that button gets pushed when pressed against clothes, objects, etc in a suitcase, then the atomizer heats and heats until it potentially ignites something nearby.

When I went on vacation a couple months ago with my gear in my carry-on, I had it in clear, 1 gallon ziplock bags, with batteries for my box mods isolated in their own battery cases, and the atomizers in a separate case placed open within the bag for inspection. The juices were in a small clear bag within my 1 qt liquid bag. Going to my destination, the (obviously new) TSA agents were flummoxed but eventually let it pass through. Coming home, no one even blinked.

I had always thought this stuff was already required to be in carry-ons - at least when I was researching it before I flew.