Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 312,638	$ 584,581
Investment securities at fair value	134,652	131,569
Accounts receivable - trade, net	36,440	34,246
Inventories	101,977	90,997
Restricted assets	5,412	4,477
Other current assets	36,242	26,351
Total current assets	627,361	872,221
Property, plant and equipment, net	85,641	86,736
Investments in real estate, net	26,777	26,220
Long-term investments (of which $54,202 and $54,628 were carried at fair value)	66,768	66,259
Investments in real estate ventures	138,393	141,105
Operating lease right of use assets	124,723
Restricted assets	6,316	6,306
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	266,065	266,611
Prepaid pension costs	24,179	23,869
Other assets	62,933	60,177
Total assets	1,429,156	1,549,504
Current liabilities:
Current portion of notes payable and long-term debt	41,080	256,134
Current portion of fair value of derivatives embedded within convertible debt	0	6,635
Current payments due under the Master Settlement Agreement	73,809	36,561
Current portion of employee benefits	875	875
Income taxes payable, net	9,701	5,252
Litigation accruals	3,404	310
Current operating lease liability	20,414
Other current liabilities	153,334	179,153
Total current liabilities	302,617	484,920
Notes payable, long-term debt and other obligations, less current portion	1,387,945	1,386,697
Fair value of derivatives embedded within convertible debt	21,075	24,789
Non-current employee benefits	61,684	61,288
Deferred income taxes, net	39,823	37,411
Non-current operating lease liability	128,999
Payments due under the Master Settlement Agreement	16,383	16,383
Litigation accruals	19,027	21,794
Other liabilities	41,704	63,588
Total liabilities	2,019,257	2,096,870
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Stockholders' deficiency:
Preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized	0	0
Common stock, par value $0.10 per share, 250,000,000 shares authorized,140,899,065 and 140,914,642 shares issued and outstanding	14,090	14,092
Accumulated deficit	(580,581)	(542,169)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(24,098)	(19,982)
Total Vector Group Ltd. stockholders' deficiency	(590,589)	(548,059)
Non-controlling interest	488	693
Total stockholders' deficiency	(590,101)	(547,366)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency	$ 1,429,156	$ 1,549,504