FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

LORBER HOWARD M 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

VECTOR GROUP LTD [ VGR ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
__ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

C/O VECTOR GROUP LTD., 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD; 10TH FLOOR 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

7/1/2017
(Street)

MIAMI, FL 33137
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock   7/1/2017     A    345375   A $0.00   (1) 732040   D    
Common Stock   7/1/2017     F (2)    191967   D $21.36   (2) 540073   D    
Common Stock                  2583153   I   By: Lorber Alpha II Limited Partnership   (3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  The Reporting Person received restricted stock grants on July 23, 2014 (the "2014 Award") and November 10, 2015 (the "2015 Award"). The grants vest equally in seven equal installments with the 2014 Award vesting in installments of 165,375 shares on August 15, 2015, July 1, 2016, July 1, 2017, July 1, 2018, July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021 and the 2015 Award vesting in installments of 180,000 on November 15, 2016, July 1, 2017, July 1, 2018, July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022, in each case, based upon the Issuer achieving certain performance targets and the Reporting Person being continuously employed by Vector Group Ltd. This amount includes the third vesting of the 2014 Award and the second vesting of the 2015 Award.
(2)  Represents the average of the high ($21.22) and low ($21.50) stock prices of the Issuer's Common Stock on June 30, 2017, the last trading day before the date of vesting, which was on a non-trading day (Saturday).
(3)  Lorber Alpha II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the general partner of Lorber Alpha II Limited Partnership, a Nevada limited partnership. The reporting person serves as the Managing Member of the Lorber Alpha II LLC and has voting and dispositive power with respect to such shares.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
LORBER HOWARD M
C/O VECTOR GROUP LTD.
4400 BISCAYNE BLVD; 10TH FLOOR
MIAMI, FL 33137 		X
President and CEO

Signatures
/s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III, Attorney-In-Fact 7/5/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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