New Valley LLC (Combined Financial Statements for Unconsolidated Subsidiaries) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statements
Revenue	$ 1,424,268	$ 1,441,009	$ 1,220,700
Total cost of sales	965,348	998,658	769,542
Equity in earnings	1,262	(4,995)	2,675
Income from continuing operations	183,526	158,701	147,154
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	131,497	121,117
Total assets	934,095	908,591
Total liabilities	1,675,909	1,716,468
New Valley
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	131,497	121,117
New Valley | Condominium and Mixed-Use Development
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	108,334	93,350
New Valley | Apartment Buildings
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	7,791	9,471
New Valley | Hotels
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	138	2,510
New Valley | Commercial
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	15,234	15,347
New Valley | Other
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	0	439
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Condominium and Mixed-Use Development
Income Statements
Revenue	94,606	117,836	301,703
Total cost of sales	451	63,618	317,894
Other expenses	129,509	143,619	117,985
Income from continuing operations	(35,354)	(89,401)	(134,176)
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	1,890,797	1,529,516
Total assets	2,049,105	1,667,802
Total debt	1,535,543	1,193,638
Total liabilities	1,898,725	1,480,725
Non-controlling interest	91,146	73,391
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Apartment Buildings
Income Statements
Revenue	22,403	2,934	35,213
Other expenses	60,479	4,563	46,360
Income from continuing operations	(38,076)	(1,629)	(11,147)
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	478,669	64,350
Total assets	542,165	68,664
Total debt	378,978	48,449
Total liabilities	396,668	49,722
Non-controlling interest	93,871	0
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Hotels
Income Statements
Revenue	175,921	166,169	42,549
Total cost of sales	5,121	5,049	3,671
Other expenses	403,510	293,761	201,211
Income from continuing operations	(232,710)	(132,641)	(162,333)
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	759,515	1,580,798
Total assets	792,831	1,651,072
Total debt	248,419	1,113,419
Total liabilities	664,582	1,281,161
Non-controlling interest	141,060	374,608
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Commercial
Income Statements
Revenue	7,052	10,226	1,662
Equity in earnings	1,241	37,690	24,383
Other expenses	6,028	12,274	1,412
Income from continuing operations	2,265	35,642	24,633
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	55,094	51,468
Total assets	73,658	71,364
Total debt	59,994	56,394
Total liabilities	60,980	57,424
Non-controlling interest	0	0
New Valley | Unconsolidated Properties | Other
Income Statements
Revenue	0	6,761	180,092
Other expenses	0	21,548	303,352
Income from continuing operations	0	(14,787)	$ (123,260)
Balance Sheets
Investments in real estate ventures	0	430,961
Total assets	0	486,655
Total debt	0	321,587
Total liabilities	0	331,928
Non-controlling interest	$ 0	$ 112,141