EXHIBIT 32.2




              SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Vector Group Ltd. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Joselynn D. Van Siclen, Chief Financial 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.










May 10, 2004


                                     /s/ Joselynn D. Van Siclen
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                                     Joselynn D. Van Siclen
                                     Vice President and Chief Financial Officer