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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Borrowing Base, Appraised Liquidation Value of Inventory, Percentage

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant, Capital Expenditure Requirement, Maximum Carryover Amount

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Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Other Obligations (Revolving Credit and Other Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 22, 2021	Oct. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2022	Mar. 21, 2021	Jan. 28, 2021	Nov. 02, 2018	Jan. 27, 2017
Senior Notes \| 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate							6.125%
Senior Notes \| 5.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate					5.75%
Senior Notes \| 10.5% Senior Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate						10.50%
Liggett, Maple and Vector Tobacco \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 90,000,000			$ 60,000,000
Liggett \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Eligible trade receivables percent		85.00%
Covenant, capital expenditure requirement, maximum carryover amount	10,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Eligible inventory percent		80.00%
Inventory multiplier percent		65.00%
Appraised liquidation of inventory percent		85.00%
Fair market value of eligible real property percent		60.00%
Interest rate at end of period			6.64%
Minimum EBITDA ratio on trailing 12-month basis	150,000,000
Covenant, excess availability in credit facility threshold	30,000,000
Maximum capital expenditures allowed before maximum carryover amount of $10,000	$ 20,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 22,035,000
Current borrowing capacity			$ 57,488,000
Liggett \| Revolving credit facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.25%