LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                    FOR SECTION 13 AND SECTION 16 REPORTING

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Marc N. Bell, J. Bryant Kirkland III and Richard J.
Lampen, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney- in-fact
(the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
each with the power to act alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to:

   1.   Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
        behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a
        Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
        or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to
        make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered
        advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
        of 1934(the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

   2.   Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, any national securities exchange
        or securities quotation system and Vector Group Ltd. (the "Company") any
        and all reports (including any amendment thereto) of the undersigned
        required or considered advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the
        Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, with respect to
        the equity securities of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5 and
        Schedule 13D or 13G; and

   3.   Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
        behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity
        securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers,
        dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
        undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release any such
        information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

     The undersigned acknowledges that:

         a)  This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require,
             the Attorney-in- Fact to act at his or her discretion on
             information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent
             verification of such information;

         b)  Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on
             behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of
             Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information as
             the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or
             desirable;

         c)  Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability
             for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
             requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any
             liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
             requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement
             of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

         d)  This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned
             from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's
             obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act,
             including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
             Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

     The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited
Power of Attorney.

     This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedule 13D or
13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Limited Power of Attorney
revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of
Attorney as of January 26, 2015.



                                          /s/ Jeffrey S. Podell
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                                          Jeffrey S. Podell