Contingencies (Engle Progeny Cases and Settlements) (Details)		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 21, 1996 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) case	Feb. 28, 2015	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($) case	Dec. 31, 2019 settlement case	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) case	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) case
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement awarded to other party | $	$ 145,000,000,000
Litigation settlement and judgment expense (income) | $						$ 990,000	$ (1,784,000)	$ 6,591,000
Individual Actions Cases
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending (in cases) | case					51	51
Liggett and Vector Tobacco | Engle Progeny Cases
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases settled | case						196		28
Cases pending (in cases) | case					47	47
Liggett and Vector Tobacco | Individual Actions Cases
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases settled | case								1
Liggett and Vector Tobacco | Engle Progeny and Individual Action Cases
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments for legal settlements | $								$ 5,500
Liggett
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of litigation settlement awarded to other party | $	$ 790,000,000
Cases pending (in cases) | case					1	1
Liggett | Engle Progeny Cases
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases settled | case		124		4,900
Amount of litigation settlement awarded to other party | $		$ 17,650,000		$ 110,000,000
Litigation settlement amount paid in lump sum | $				61,600,000
Litigation settlement, installment term			14 years
Litigation settlement amount paid in installment payments | $				48,000,000
Litigation settlement amount of estimated future payments per annum | $				$ 3,400,000
Payments for legal settlements | $						$ 8,000,000
Number of settlements paid | settlement					9
Cases with verdicts | case					25	25
Plaintiffs' verdicts (in cases) | case					16	16
Cases with verdicts in favor of defendants | case					9	9
Cases including punitive damages (in cases) | case					5	5
Liggett | Lukacs, Campbell, Douglas, Clay, Tullo, Ward Rizzuto, Lambert and Buchanan
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments for legal settlements | $						$ 39,773,000