EXHIBIT 32.1






              SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Vector Group Ltd. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Bennett
S. LeBow, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to my knowledge:

     1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.











August 14, 2003                           /s/ BENNETT S. LEBOW
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                                        Bennett S. LeBow
                                        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer