Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 240,368	$ 326,365
Investment securities available for sale	181,976	269,100
Accounts receivable - trade, net	23,889	23,328
Inventories	86,516	90,323
Income taxes receivable, net	2,841	3,282
Restricted assets	9,195	2,595
Other current assets	38,954	36,404
Total current assets	583,739	751,397
Property, plant and equipment, net	75,632	84,112
Real estate held for sale, net	23,318	10,643
Long-term investments	62,726	52,723
Investments in real estate ventures	217,168	163,460
Restricted assets	12,303	12,013
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	263,959	269,972
Prepaid pension costs	20,650	25,032
Other assets	51,261	53,902
Total assets	1,310,756	1,423,254
Current liabilities:
Current portion of notes payable and long-term debt	8,919	52,640
Current portion of fair value of derivatives embedded within convertible debt	0	884
Current payments due under the Master Settlement Agreement	29,241	26,322
Current portion of employee benefits	915	931
Income taxes payable, net	96	1,743
Litigation accruals	22,904	3,149
Other current liabilities	154,217	126,755
Total current liabilities	216,292	212,424
Notes payable, long-term debt and other obligations, less current portion	886,249	860,711
Fair value of derivatives embedded within convertible debt	144,042	168,502
Non-current employee benefits	55,055	49,314
Deferred income taxes, net	79,429	95,904
Payments due under the Master Settlement Agreement	20,094	25,809
Litigation accruals	24,718	25,700
Other liabilities	7,038	5,570
Total liabilities	$ 1,432,917	$ 1,443,934
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 10 and 15)
Stockholders' deficiency:
Preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, par value $0.10 per share, 250,000,000 and 250,000,000 shares authorized, 123,792,329 and 118,646,261 shares issued and 123,792,329 and 114,501,014 shares outstanding	12,379	11,450
Accumulated deficit	(210,113)	(97,009)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(8,313)	(1,343)
Treasury shares, at cost, 0 and 4,145,247	0	(12,857)
Total Vector Group Ltd. stockholders' deficiency	(206,047)	(99,759)
Non-controlling interest	83,886	79,079
Total stockholders' deficiency	(122,161)	(20,680)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency	$ 1,310,756	$ 1,423,254