Contingencies (Details)			1 Months Ended													3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				25 Months Ended	78 Months Ended
	Apr. 15, 2015 USD ($)	May. 15, 2013 case	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) state	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($) case	May. 31, 2013 state	Dec. 31, 2012 state	Mar. 31, 2012 case	Jun. 30, 2010 person	May. 31, 2009	May. 31, 2003 USD ($) plaintiff	Jul. 31, 2000 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2000 USD ($) plaintiff	Nov. 30, 1998 state	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) case	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) defendant sponsorship case state	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($) state	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) yr	Dec. 31, 2003 USD ($) state	Mar. 31, 1998 state	Sep. 30, 2012 state	Jul. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 13, 2015 case	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 15, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2011 state	Jun. 30, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2001 case
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation settlement and judgment expense																$ 1,250,000		$ 0	$ 2,093,000	$ 1,500,000
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Current																	$ 26,322,000		26,322,000
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Non-Current																	25,809,000		25,809,000
Litigation Accruals, Non-Current																	25,700,000		25,700,000
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Current																62,626,000			62,626,000			$ 26,322,000
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Non-Current																25,809,000			25,809,000			25,809,000
Litigation Accruals, Non-Current																23,444,000			23,444,000			25,700,000
Current Liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Total, Current																	29,471,000		29,471,000	84,658,000		84,658,000
Expenses																			55,925,000	54,279,000
NPM Settlement Adjustment																				0
Change in MSA obligations capitalized as inventory																			1,011,000	151,000
Payments																			(23,787,000)	(76,544,000)
Reclassification to non-current liabilities																			3,305,000	3,918,000
Interest on withholding																			178,000	83,000
Total, Current				$ 66,545,000	$ 84,658,000											66,103,000		66,545,000	66,103,000	66,545,000		29,471,000
Non-Current Liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Total, Non-Current																	51,509,000		51,509,000	54,629,000		54,629,000
Expenses																			(195,000)	0
NPM Settlement Adjustment																				(1,419,000)
Change in MSA obligations capitalized as inventory																			0	0
Payments																			0	0
Reclassification to non-current liabilities																			(3,305,000)	(3,918,000)
Interest on withholding																			1,244,000	893,000
Total, Non-Current				50,185,000	54,629,000											$ 49,253,000		50,185,000	$ 49,253,000	50,185,000		51,509,000
Liggett Only Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																3			3
Master Settlement Agreement [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Brand name sponsorship period																			12 months
Master Settlement Agreement [Member] | Current Liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Current																	26,322,000		$ 26,322,000	25,348,000		25,348,000
Expenses																			53,435,000	52,510,000
NPM Settlement Adjustment																				0
Change in MSA obligations capitalized as inventory																			1,011,000	151,000
Payments																			(18,142,000)	(16,343,000)
Reclassification to non-current liabilities																			0	343,000
Interest on withholding																			0	0
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Current				62,009,000	25,348,000											$ 62,626,000		62,009,000	62,626,000	62,009,000		26,322,000
Master Settlement Agreement [Member] | Non-Current Liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Non-Current																	25,809,000		25,809,000	27,571,000		27,571,000
Expenses																			0	0
NPM Settlement Adjustment																				(1,419,000)
Change in MSA obligations capitalized as inventory																			0	0
Payments																			0	0
Reclassification to non-current liabilities																			0	(343,000)
Interest on withholding																			0	0
Payments due under Master Settlement Agreement, Non-Current				$ 25,809,000	27,571,000											$ 25,809,000		25,809,000	$ 25,809,000	25,809,000		25,809,000
Master Settlement Agreement [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of brand name sponsorships allowed | sponsorship																			1
Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Annual payment requirement																			$ 9,000,000,000			117,800,000
NPM Adjustment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of people on arbitration panel | person										3
Aggregate number of settling states | state																			24								49
Amounts not expensed by the Company																									$ 1,200,000,000
Courts that did not rule | state																									1
Courts that decided the issue | state																									48
Settling states | state				2			2	20																	45
Allocable share of settling states																									90.00%
Reduction of any Potential 2003 NPM Adjustment																									20.00%
Number of settling states with diligent enforcement not contested | state																																	16
Non-settling states | state																					15
Non-settling states that did not diligently enforce escrow statutes | state																					6
Engle Progeny Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of cases declined for review by supreme court | case									2
Engle Case Class Action [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement													$ 145,000,000,000
Parsons v. AC & S Inc. [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages sought																			$ 1,000,000
Number of defendants | defendant																			3
Hess Case [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term case tried prior to final decision																			12 years
Tobacco Litigation Personal Injury Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																25			25																750
Tobacco Litigation Personal Injury Cases [Member] | Cases Ending in Mistrial [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases dismissed | case		2
Cases settled | case		1
Department of Justice Lawsuit [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Required reporting period											10 years
Pending Litigation [Member] | Current Liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Litigation Accruals, Current																	3,149,000		$ 3,149,000	59,310,000		59,310,000
Expenses																			2,490,000	1,769,000
NPM Settlement Adjustment																				0
Change in MSA obligations capitalized as inventory																			0	0
Payments																			(5,645,000)	(60,201,000)
Reclassification to non-current liabilities																			3,305,000	3,575,000
Interest on withholding																			178,000	83,000
Litigation Accruals, Current				$ 4,536,000	59,310,000											$ 3,477,000		4,536,000	3,477,000	4,536,000		3,149,000
Pending Litigation [Member] | Non-Current Liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
Litigation Accruals, Non-Current																	25,700,000		25,700,000	27,058,000		27,058,000
Expenses																			(195,000)	0
NPM Settlement Adjustment																				0
Change in MSA obligations capitalized as inventory																			0	0
Payments																			0	0
Reclassification to non-current liabilities																			(3,305,000)	(3,575,000)
Interest on withholding																			1,244,000	893,000
Litigation Accruals, Non-Current				24,376,000	27,058,000											$ 23,444,000		24,376,000	$ 23,444,000	24,376,000		25,700,000
Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total cigarettes sold																3.40%			3.40%
Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member] | Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement	$ 17,800,000				$ 100,000,000
Liggett and Vector Tobacco [Member] | NPM Adjustment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain (loss) related to litigation settlement																					$ 6,947,000
Amounts expensed or accrued																$ 25,809,000			$ 25,809,000
Amount remaining in disputed payment accounts																30,100,000			30,100,000
Settlement adjustment credit																														$ 1,940,000		$ 1,733,000
Liggett [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Legal expenses and other litigation costs																3,158,000		1,817,000	5,713,000	5,174,000
Bonds																$ 12,268,000			12,268,000			$ 4,768,000
Amount of litigation settlement																			28,832,000
Damages paid																			(17,978,000)
Punitive damages																			18,400,000
Punitive damages paid																			$ (1,000,000)
Liggett [Member] | Florida [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																28			28
Liggett [Member] | New York [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																8			8
Liggett [Member] | Maryland [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																10			10
Liggett [Member] | Louisiana [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																2			2
Liggett [Member] | West Virginia [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																2			2
Liggett [Member] | Missouri [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																1			1
Liggett [Member] | Ohio [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																1			1
Liggett [Member] | State Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																300			300
Liggett [Member] | West Virginia State Court Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																100			100
Liggett [Member] | Individual Actions [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																52			52
Liggett [Member] | Class Actions [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																4			4
Liggett [Member] | Price Fixing [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																1			1
Liggett [Member] | Health Care Cost Recovery Actions [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																1			1
Liggett [Member] | Gross Versus Net Dispute [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amounts expensed or accrued																$ 8,500,000			$ 8,500,000
Percentage of Total Cigarettes Sold That Exceeds Market Share Exemption																1.25%			1.25%
Liggett [Member] | Master Settlement Agreement [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of states not included in settlement agreement | state															4
Liggett [Member] | Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of States | state															46											45
MSA payment obligations																$ 0			$ 0
Percentage of Total Cigarettes Sold That Exceeds Market Share Exemption																1.65%			1.65%
Liggett [Member] | Minnesota Settlement [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Annual payment requirement																									$ 100,000
Liggett [Member] | Florida Settlement [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																								$ 1,200,000
Annual payment requirement																								$ 250,000
Years annual payments required | yr																								21
Liggett [Member] | Florida Settlement [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Years annual payments required that are subject to inflation adjustment | yr																								12
Liggett [Member] | Mississippi Settlement [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term of notice from state																							60 days
Liggett [Member] | NPM Adjustment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Settlement Adjustment Credit, Disputed Entitled Amount																															$ 1,315,000
Agreed additional amount funded adjusted																															521,000
Settlement adjustment credit				$ 1,400,000												$ 5,152,000		$ 1,400,000	$ 5,152,000	$ 1,400,000	$ 5,987,000										$ 6,441,000
Liggett [Member] | Engle Progeny Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Bond cap																																		$ 200,000,000
Number of cases settled and dismissed | case						4,900													21
Number of plaintiff verdicts | case																14			14
Number of defense verdicts | case																7			7
Amount of litigation settlement						$ 110,000,000
Cases pending | case																300			300
Settlement consideration paid in lump sum						61,600,000
Settlement consideration paid in equal monthly installments over next 15 years						$ 48,000,000
Settlement consideration installment payments term						14 years
Litigation settlement and judgment expense						$ 86,213,000											$ 643,000
Litigation settlement and judgement expense, amount discounted						$ 25,213,000
Discount rate						11.00%
Expected payments yearly for 2014 through 2017						$ 3,400,000
Claims scheduled for trial | case																14			14
Liggett [Member] | Engle Progeny Cases [Member] | Cases Settled without Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of cases settled and dismissed | case						4,900										2			163
Amount of litigation settlement																			$ 3,456,000
Liggett [Member] | Irimi and Cohen [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of plaintiff verdicts | case																2			2
Liggett [Member] | Engle Progency Cases Excluding Lukacs [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases with punitive damages | case																			4
Liggett [Member] | Engle Case Class Action [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of plaintiff verdicts | plaintiff												1
Number of defense verdicts | plaintiff												2
Amount of litigation settlement													$ 790,000,000	$ 12,704,000
Number of plaintiffs | plaintiff														3
Over turned judgment												$ 5,831,000
Liggett [Member] | Lukacs v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			$ 12,418,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Campbell v R J Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			156,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Douglas v R J Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			1,350,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Clay v R J Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			349,000
Punitive damages																			1,000,000
Liggett [Member] | Putney v R J Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			3,008,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Tullo v R J Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			225,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Ward v R J Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			1,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Calloway v RJ Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			1,947,000
Punitive damages																			7,600,000
Liggett [Member] | Calloway v RJ Reynolds [Member] | Joint and Several Judgment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			16,100,000
Liggett [Member] | Buchanan v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			2,035,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Buchanan v. R.J. Reynolds [Member] | Joint and Several Judgment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			5,500,000
Liggett [Member] | Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			205,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Rizzuto v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			3,479,000
Punitive damages																			$ 0
Liggett [Member] | Lukacs, Campbell, Douglas, Clay, Tullo, Ward and Rizzuto [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of cases settled and dismissed | case																			7
Payments for legal settlements																			$ 20,312,000
Liggett [Member] | Putney, Calloway, Buchanan, Cohen, Irimi, Lambert, Boatright and Caprio [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum loss exposure																$ 0			0
Maximum loss exposure																28,254,000			28,254,000
Amounts expensed or accrued																$ 0			0
Liggett [Member] | Irimi v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			31,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Lambert v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			3,600,000
Punitive damages																			9,500,000
Liggett [Member] | Boatright v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			0
Punitive damages			$ 300,000																300,000
Liggett [Member] | Caprio v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			28,000
Punitive damages																			0
Liggett [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			10,854,000
Punitive damages																			17,400,000
Liggett [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Irimi v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			31,000
Liggett [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member] | Lambert v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			$ 13,100,000
Liggett Only Cases [Member] | Individual Actions [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																3			3
Liggett Only Cases [Member] | Other Individual Actions [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																2			2
Liggett Only Cases [Member] | Rizzuto v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement																			$ 1,500,000
Liggett Only Cases [Member] | Hausrath [Member] | Individual Actions [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																1			1
Vector Tobacco [Member] | Damages From Cigarette Smoking MSA and Other State Settlement Agreements [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
MSA payment obligations																$ 0			$ 0
Percentage of Total Cigarettes Sold That Exceeds Market Share Exemption																0.28%			0.28%
Liggett Vector Brands [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Maximum loss exposure																$ 500,000			$ 500,000
Litigation settlement and judgment expense																			83,000
Letter of credit																100,000			100,000
Agreed additional amount funded																400,000			400,000
Agreed additional amount funded adjusted																$ 317,000			$ 317,000
Phillip Morris [Member] | Boatright v. R.J. Reynolds [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement			15,000,000
Punitive damages			19,700,000
Phillip Morris [Member] | Boatright v. R.J. Reynolds [Member] | Joint and Several Judgment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement			$ 12,750,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Tobacco Litigation Personal Injury Cases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending | case																													30
Subsequent Event [Member] | Liggett [Member] | Gross Versus Net Dispute [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amounts expensed or accrued																												$ 16,000,000