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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Concentration of Credit Risk Narrative) (Details) (Customer Concentration Risk [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
customers
Dec. 31, 2012
customers
Dec. 31, 2013
customers
Sales Revenue [Member] | First Largest Customer [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, number of customers 1vgr_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_FirstLargestCustomerMember
1vgr_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_FirstLargestCustomerMember
 
Concentration risk, percent 19.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_FirstLargestCustomerMember
17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_FirstLargestCustomerMember
 
Sales Revenue [Member] | McLane [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, number of customers     2vgr_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_MclaneMember
Concentration risk, percent     18.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_MclaneMember
Sales Revenue [Member] | Core Mark [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, number of customers     2vgr_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_CoreMarkMember
Concentration risk, percent     10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= vgr_SalesRevenueMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_CoreMarkMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | First Largest Customer [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, percent 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_FirstLargestCustomerMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_FirstLargestCustomerMember
 
Accounts Receivable [Member] | McLane [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, number of customers     2vgr_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_MclaneMember
Concentration risk, percent     5.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_MclaneMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Core Mark [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, number of customers     2vgr_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_CoreMarkMember
Concentration risk, percent     1.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= vgr_CoreMarkMember