why no "continue" statement for loops?

[John Labenski <jrl1@...>]

Every time I write a little program I end up wanting a continue 
statement for loops. Does this exist already or is there an alternative 
that I've missed? If not then how to people not write ugly
"if this then ... if that then ... if other then ... end end end"
code to serve the same purpose of just jumping back to the top of the loop?

Thanks,
John Labenski