Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consist of:



	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Land and improvements	$	1,418		$	1,418
Buildings	14,950			14,945
Machinery and equipment	161,214			142,826
Leasehold improvements	16,614			3,868
	194,196			163,057
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(114,938		)	(105,904		)
	$	79,258		$	57,153

Depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $11.063, $10,608 and $10,607, respectively. Future machinery and equipment purchase commitments at Liggett were $3,796 and $1,995 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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