LONDON – Smoking rates in the United Kingdom have dropped to the lowest ever, according to Public Health England (PHE), BBC News reports. Last year, 16.9% of adults said they were smokers, compared with 19.3% three years earlier—and that’s the lowest numbers on record.

Smoking cessation aid sales have decreased, while e-cigarette sales have increased. “The reduction in smoking rates isn't the result of a single magic bullet but concerted policies over decades,” said Rosanna O'Connor, PHE director of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Elsewhere in the United Kingdom, 20% of Scottish residents smoked, while 19% of those in Wales and 18% of those in Northern Ireland called themselves smokers in 2014.

In the United States, smoking rates have decreased as well. In 2015, the national smoking rate plummeted to 15%, a 2% drop over 2014 and the largest single-year decline since 1993, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Also cigarette smoking among high school students dropped to 11% in 2015, the lowest level since the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) began tracking usage in 1991.