This document discusses recent advances and applications of gas chromatography. It describes how gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) can be used for pharmaceutical quality control and analysis of drugs and metabolites in body fluids. GC-MS has applications in fields like drug detection, environmental analysis, and disease screening. Two-dimensional gas chromatography provides enhanced resolving power and peak capacity compared to conventional GC. Mini gas chromatography is a portable instrument that can separate and identify substances in volatile samples with advantages of low power needs and portability.