New Valley LLC (Combined Financial Statements for Unconsolidated Subsidiaries) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Income Statements
Revenue	$ 363,770	$ 377,995	$ 387,202	$ 312,042	$ 313,673	$ 298,485	$ 337,554	$ 270,988	$ 1,441,009	$ 1,220,700	$ 1,228,682
Cost of sales									998,658	769,542	819,602
Equity in (losses) earnings									(4,995)	2,675	56,268
Income from continuing operations	48,150	$ 38,856	$ 39,153	$ 32,542	30,711	$ 29,912	$ 64,981	$ 21,550	158,701	147,154	126,922
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	121,117				105,062				121,117	105,062
Total assets	908,591				871,087				908,591	871,087
Total liabilities	1,716,468				1,712,640				1,716,468	1,712,640
New Valley
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	121,117				105,062				121,117	105,062
New Valley | Condominium and Mixed Use Development:
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	93,350				80,139				93,350	80,139
New Valley | Apartment Buildings:
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	9,471				11,900				9,471	11,900
New Valley | Hotels:
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	2,510				3,157				2,510	3,157
New Valley | Commercial:
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	15,347				7,290				15,347	7,290
New Valley | Other
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	439				2,576				439	2,576
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Condominium and Mixed Use Development:
Income Statements
Revenue									117,836	301,703	386,859
Cost of sales									63,618	317,894	302,234
Other expenses									143,619	117,985	270,642
Income from continuing operations									(89,401)	(134,176)	(186,017)
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	1,529,516				1,434,205				1,529,516	1,434,205
Total assets	1,667,802				1,513,581				1,667,802	1,513,581
Total debt	1,193,638				1,107,366				1,193,638	1,107,366
Total liabilities	1,480,725				1,284,579				1,480,725	1,284,579
Non-controlling interest	73,391				63,781				73,391	63,781
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Apartment Buildings:
Income Statements
Revenue									2,934	35,213	65,808
Other expenses									4,563	46,360	63,705
Income from continuing operations									(1,629)	(11,147)	2,103
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	64,350				0				64,350	0
Total assets	68,664				6,780				68,664	6,780
Total debt	48,449				0				48,449	0
Total liabilities	49,722				131				49,722	131
Non-controlling interest	0				4,990				0	4,990
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Hotels:
Income Statements
Revenue									166,169	42,549	130,742
Cost of sales									5,049	3,671	2,671
Other expenses									293,761	201,211	256,973
Income from continuing operations									(132,641)	(162,333)	(128,902)
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	1,580,798				1,553,911				1,580,798	1,553,911
Total assets	1,651,072				1,631,664				1,651,072	1,631,664
Total debt	1,113,419				1,110,700				1,113,419	1,110,700
Total liabilities	1,281,161				1,213,044				1,281,161	1,213,044
Non-controlling interest	374,608				412,165				374,608	412,165
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Commercial:
Income Statements
Revenue									10,226	1,662	7,911
Equity in (losses) earnings									37,690	24,383	(13,671)
Other expenses									12,274	1,412	4,740
Income from continuing operations									35,642	24,633	(10,500)
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	51,468				51,173				51,468	51,173
Total assets	71,364				71,296				71,364	71,296
Total debt	56,394				55,625				56,394	55,625
Total liabilities	57,424				55,016				57,424	55,016
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Other
Income Statements
Revenue									6,761	180,092	571
Other expenses									21,548	303,352	48,633
Income from continuing operations									(14,787)	(123,260)	$ (48,062)
Balance Sheets
Investment in real estate	430,961				392,754				430,961	392,754
Total assets	486,655				444,520				486,655	444,520
Total debt	321,587				227,724				321,587	227,724
Total liabilities	331,928				233,329				331,928	233,329
Non-controlling interest	$ 112,141				$ 152,775				$ 112,141	$ 152,775