"continue" might be the worst-named keyword in python. Like, consider this code:

for i in range(100):
    if i % 5 == 0:
        continue
    print(i)

It prints out numbers that are not multiples of 5. But if you give it to someone who is not experienced in python, they might think the exact opposite!

I think break, continue and goto are the biggest code smell ever. I always ask to remove them if possible during reviews!

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For break a definitely prefer a function returning at the right point instead.
Instead of continue I use a reversed if, the code could be a little more verbose but even more readable.

For the @vitalik.eth example:

if i % 5 != 0:
    print(i)

Agreed on goto.

How do you stop a loop if not with break? Do you always want to move loops into their own functions so that they return early on stop?

Why is continue bad in your view? It is a typical filter primitive when there is more than one aspect to an algorithm. Which is, fair!?