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 and J. Bryant Kirkland III, 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)  his 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 February 5, 2015.


                                  /s/ Richard J. Lampen
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                                  Richard J. Lampen