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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)
 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 48 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
May 22, 2013
May 11, 2009
Dec. 31, 2009
Nov. 04, 2011
Jan. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2008
Nov. 14, 2014
Mar. 14, 2014
Sep. 10, 2012
sqft
extension
Feb. 28, 2014
Oct. 14, 2011
Dec. 30, 2010
Dec. 31, 2011
investments
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Interest Expense   $ 160,991,000us-gaap_InterestExpense $ 132,147,000us-gaap_InterestExpense $ 110,102,000us-gaap_InterestExpense                          
Square footage of real estate                         12,390vgr_SquareFootageOfRealEstate        
Initial Term of Lease 5 years                                
Number of Lease Extensions                         2vgr_NumberOfLeaseExtensions        
Term of Lease Extensions 5 years                                
Related Party Transactions, Lease Payments Per Month in Year One                         31,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsLeasePaymentsPerMonthInYearOne        
Related Party Transactions, Lease Payments Per Month in Year Five                         35,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsLeasePaymentsPerMonthInYearFive        
Related Party Transaction, Tenant Improvement Allowance                         220,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionTenantImprovementAllowance        
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Investment in equity securities, shares held         240,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares
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Related Party Transaction, Warrant Exercisable Price               $ 1.68vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionWarrantExercisablePrice
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Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party, President Compensation   1,375,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedPartyPresidentCompensation
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Related Party Transaction, Management Loan Agreement Portion Attributable to Company               15,000,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionManagementLoanAgreementPortionAttributableToCompany
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Related Party Transaction, Debt Interest Rate   11.00%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionDebtInterestRate
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Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share         $ 25.00us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
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Investment Income, Dividend   480,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeDividend
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Payments to acquire investments         6,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInvestments
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Related Party Transaction, Interest Income From Management Loan   574,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionPrincipalandInterestIncomeFromLoan
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Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction   2,786,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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Executive Vice President [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Stock Ownership In Company Percentage               15.30%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionStockOwnershipInCompanyPercentage
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Related Party Transactions, Principal Premium Percentage           107.00%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsPrincipalPremiumPercentage
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Percent of ownership by management (more than 10%)             10.00%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsPercentageOwnershipOfInvestmentsByManagement
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Castle Brands [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Investment in equity securities, shares held   12,671,159us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares
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Related Party Transaction, Warrant Issued                             357,796vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionWarrantIssued
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= vgr_CastleBrandsMember		    
Related Party Transaction, Warrants Convertible to Common Stock     222,222vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionWarrantsConvertibleToCommonStock
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= vgr_CastleBrandsMember		 357,796vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionWarrantsConvertibleToCommonStock
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Related Party Transaction, Warrant Exercisable Price                           $ 0.38vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionWarrantExercisablePrice
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= vgr_CastleBrandsMember		      
Related Party Transaction, Management Loan Agreement                               1,000,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionManagementLoanAgreement
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Related Party Transaction, Principal and Interest Exchanged For Preferred Stock                             217,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionPrincipalAndInterestExchangedForPreferredStock
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= vgr_CastleBrandsMember		    
Related Party Transaction, Management Loan Agreement Portion Attributable to Company                               200,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionManagementLoanAgreementPortionAttributableToCompany
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Related Party Transaction, Debt Interest Rate     5.00%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionDebtInterestRate
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= vgr_CastleBrandsMember		       11.00%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionDebtInterestRate
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= vgr_CastleBrandsMember		                    
Face amount     200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Frost Real Estate Holdings, LLC [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Interest Expense   336,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
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= vgr_FrostRealEstateHoldingsLLCMember		 335,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
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= vgr_FrostRealEstateHoldingsLLCMember		                            
Management Fees [Member] | Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party   850,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= vgr_LadenburgThalmannFinancialServicesMember
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= vgr_LadenburgThalmannFinancialServicesMember
/ vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsByTypeAxis
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= vgr_LadenburgThalmannFinancialServicesMember
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Management Fees [Member] | Castle Brands [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party   100,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= vgr_CastleBrandsMember
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= vgr_ManagementFeesMember		                          
Management Fee Increase [Member] | Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party   850,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= vgr_ManagementFeeIncreaseMember		                              
Management Fee Increase [Member] | Castle Brands [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party   100,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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Aggregate Funding Fee [Member] | Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party               75,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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Insurance Commissions [Member] | President [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party   261,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionOtherRevenuesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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/ vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsByTypeAxis
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Investment [Member] | OPKO Inc. [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Number of investments                                 3vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionNumberOfInvestments
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Related Party Transaction, Debt Interest Rate                 3.00%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionDebtInterestRate
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= vgr_OpkoIncMember
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Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction             12,788,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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/ vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsByTypeAxis
= vgr_InvestmentMember		   5,000,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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= vgr_OpkoIncMember
/ vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionsByTypeAxis
= vgr_InvestmentMember		                
Investment [Member] | Cardo Medical Inc. [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction                   500,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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= vgr_InvestmentMember		              
Investment [Member] | Cocrystal Discovery Inc. [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction                   250,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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6.75% Variable Interest Senior Convertible Note Due 2014 [Member] | Executive Vice President [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Management Loan Agreement           50,000,000vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionManagementLoanAgreement
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Related Party Transaction, Debt Interest Rate           6.75%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionDebtInterestRate
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Interest Expense   5,415,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
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= vgr_VariableInterestSeniorConvertible6Point75PercentNoteDue2014Member
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
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6.75% Variable Interest Senior Convertible Note Due 2014 [Member] | Private Placement Purchase Price [Member] | Executive Vice President [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction           38,225,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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5% Variable Interest Senior Convertible Notes due November 15, 2011 [Member] | Executive Vice President [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Debt Interest Rate           5.00%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionDebtInterestRate
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5% Variable Interest Senior Convertible Notes due November 15, 2011 [Member] | Private Placement Tender Offer [Member] | Executive Vice President [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction           11,005,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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Warrant [Member] | New Valley LLC [Member] | Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Investment in equity securities, shares held               1,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares
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Investment owned at cost   2,342,000us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedAtCost
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Convertible Debt [Member] | 6.75% Variable Interest Senior Convertible Note Due 2014 [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount                       $ 25,000,000us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentAmount1
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Note conversion, net of income taxes (in shares)   89.1021us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleSecurities
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Convertible Debt [Member] | 6.75% Variable Interest Senior Convertible Note Due 2014 [Member] | Executive Vice President [Member]                                  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                  
Stock Ownership In Company Percentage           11.70%vgr_RelatedPartyTransactionStockOwnershipInCompanyPercentage
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