Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended					78 Months Ended			12 Months Ended									1 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	25 Months Ended						12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett Only Cases [Member] cases	Jul. 31, 2000 Engle Progeny Cases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Class Actions [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Parsons v. AC & S Inc. [Member] defendants	Dec. 31, 2013 Tobacco Litigation Personal Injury Cases [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Master Settlement Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Master Settlement Agreement [Member] Maximum [Member] sponsorships	Dec. 31, 2013 Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 NPM Adjustment [Member] states	Dec. 31, 2003 NPM Adjustment [Member] courts states	Sep. 30, 2012 NPM Adjustment [Member] states	Dec. 17, 2012 NPM Adjustment [Member] states	Nov. 30, 2011 NPM Adjustment [Member] states	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Liggett [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Florida cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] New York cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Maryland cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Louisiana cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] West Virginia cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Missouri cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Ohio cases	May 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Case Class Action [Member] plaintiffs	May 31, 2003 Liggett [Member] Engle Case Class Action [Member] plaintiffs cases	Jul. 31, 2000 Liggett [Member] Engle Case Class Action [Member]	Apr. 30, 2000 Liggett [Member] Engle Case Class Action [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] West Virginia State Court Cases [Member] cases	Oct. 23, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Progeny Cases [Member] plaintiffs	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Progeny Cases [Member] cases	Oct. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Progeny Cases [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Progeny Cases [Member] cases	Jun. 30, 2009 Liggett [Member] Engle Progeny Cases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] State Cases [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Progency Cases Excluding Lukacs [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Progency Cases Excluding Lukacs [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Engle Progency Cases Excluding Lukacs [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Putney, Tullo, Calloway, Buchanan, Cohen and Rizzuto [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Lukacs case [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Campbell v R J Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Douglas v R J Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Clay v R J Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Putney v R J Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Tullo v R J Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Ward v R J Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Calloway v RJ Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Non-Engle Progency Cases [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Buchanan v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Price Fixing [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Tobacco Litigation Personal Injury Cases [Member] cases	Nov. 30, 1998 Liggett [Member] Master Settlement Agreement [Member] states	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Health Care Cost Recovery Actions [Member] cases	Nov. 30, 1998 Liggett [Member] Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member] states	Mar. 31, 1998 Liggett [Member] Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member] states	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] NPM Adjustment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] NPM Adjustment [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] NPM Adjustment [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Gross Versus Net Dispute [Member]	Dec. 31, 2003 Liggett [Member] Minnesota Settlement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Liggett [Member] Florida Settlement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Florida Settlement [Member] years	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Florida Settlement [Member] Minimum [Member] years	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Florida Settlement [Member] Maximum [Member] years	Feb. 29, 2012 Liggett [Member] Mississippi Settlement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett [Member] Rizzuto v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett Only Cases [Member] Individual Actions [Member] cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett Only Cases [Member] Engle Case Class Action [Member] cases	Feb. 29, 2004 Liggett Vector Brands [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett Vector Brands [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Vector Tobacco [Member] Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member] Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member] Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member] NPM Adjustment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member] NPM Adjustment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration Expected in Next Fiscal Year																																$ 3,000,000
Bonds																		5,337,000
Bond cap																																				200,000,000
Cases pending (in cases)				5			4		750											39	9	4	3	2	1	1					100	400					2,982													59		1	100		1																3	2
Cases including punitive damages (in cases)																																						2
Cases with adverse verdicts (in cases)																																			7
Loss Contingency Over Turned Judgment																												5,831,000
Number of plaintiffs (in palintiffs)																											3
Damages awarded					145,000,000,000																								790,000,000	12,704,000		110,000,000			1,129,000				1,000	3,479,000		12,418,000	156,000	1,350,000	349,000	3,008,000	225,000	1,000	1,947,000		2,035,000													1,200,000					205,000	3,479,000							95,000,000
Settlement Accruals	59,310,000	1,470,000																																																																												16,800,000
Punitive damages																																													1,000,000				7,600,000
Settlements / dismissal of litigation																																		4,900	151			16
Plaintiff legal fees																		9,321,000	9,666,000
Litigation judgment expense	88,106,000	0	0			1,893,000																													86,213,000		86,213,000																																					83,000
Previously accrued expense																																																														8,500,000																		27,600,000
Minimum loss exposure																																									0
Maximum loss exposure																		36,200,000																							18,500,000																		38,800,000			16,200,000												500,000
Proposed Settlement																																																														8,500,000
Plaintiffs' verdicts (in cases)																												1					11		11
Defense verdicts (in cases)																												2										5
Term Case Tried Prior to Final Decision																																										7 years
Gain (loss) related to litigation settlement						86,213,000							11,823,000																																																																		5,602,000	1,345,000
Settlement Fund Amount																																	2,100,000
Loss Contingency, Number of Defendants								3
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value								1,000,000
Brand Name Sponsorship Period										12 months
Term of Bond Agreement																																																																									5 years
Letter of credit																																																																										100,000
Agreed additional amount funded																																																																										400,000
Number of brand name sponsorships allowed											1
Annual payment requirement												9,000,000,000																																																			100,000	250,000
MSA Payment Obligations																																																										0																	0
Payment obligations																		1.65%																																								1.63%	1.25%	1.63%	1.645%														0.28%
Total cigarettes sold																																																																												3.30%
Amounts not expensed by the Company														1,200,000,000
Loss Contingency, Aggregate Number of Settling States															49
Courts that decided the issue														48
Courts That Did Not Rule														1
Settling States														45
Allocable Share of Settling States														90.00%
Future MSA payments if method of calculation is changed																																																											2,500,000
Loss Contingency, Number of States Not Included in Settlement Agreement																																																						4
Years Annual Payments Required																																																																	21
Years Annual Payments Required That Are Subject To Inflation Adjustment																																																																		12	21
Term of Notice from State																																																																				60 days
Loss Contingency, Claims Scheduled For Trial																																	26		26
Number of States																																																								46	45
Loss Contingency, Number of Settling States With Diligent Enforcement Not Contested																20	16
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration Paid Lump Sum																																59,500,000
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration Installment Payments Term																																14 years
Litigation Settlement Expense Amount Discounted																																25,213,000
Discount rate																																11.00%
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration, Paid in Equal Installments over Term																																48,000,000
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration Expected Yearly Next Five Years																																3,500,000
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration Expected in Year Five and After																																34,500,000
Amount Remaining in Disputed Payment Accounts																																																																																16,600,000
Loss Contingency, Number of Non-Settling States													15
Loss Contingency, Number of Non-Settling States that Did not Diligently Enforce Escrow Statutes													6
Loss Contingency, Settlement Adjsutment Credit																																																											5,987,000
Loss Contingency Possible Loss Additional Amount, Adjusted																																																																										$ 317,000